Church until his second retirement. Controversy Confession At the age of 94 Nakayama typed a letter dated 28 December 1994 from his home in Vancouver, BC, where he acknowledged his pedophilia and admitted to child abuse by calling it "sexual bad behaviour". He gave this letter to the Anglican Church, leading to being charged with immorality by the Bishop of Calgary Barry Curtis and his retirement as a priest. The full letter has been published on the website for the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster in the following text. No criminal charges were brought against the priest and his crimes and admission of guilt were not reported to the police. The inaction by the Anglican Church in Nakayama's criminal actions of sexual misconduct followed a pattern of neglect by officials in the Anglican Communion sexual abuse cases. This pattern of protecting priests and the Church's image parallels the handling of child sexual abuse cases in the Roman Catholic Church. Dear Friends, I am very sorry to apologize what I did in the past. I made mistake. My moral life with my sexual bad behaviour. I sincerely sorry what I did to so many people. I hope you forgive me my past mistake. I hope you live a happy life now. Yours sincerely, G. G. Nakayama Anglican Healing Fund for Japanese Canadians The Anglican Church of Canada issued an apology on 15 June 2015, for not reporting Mr. Nakayama to police at the time of his confession in 1994. This apology expressed a commitment by the Anglican Church to work with members of the Japanese Canadian community in a healing and reconciliation process. In April 2021, $610,000 CAD of funding was announced by the Anglican Church and the National Association of Japanese Canadians to create a Healing Fund to support the survivors of Mr. Nakayama's abuse, their family members, and community members in their healing journeys. As part of this announcement the Anglican Church also agreed to cover the costs of a Facilitator/Project Manager to lead a project team. Healing support covers counselling costs, education support, and public education programming. These support programs will be active in the Fund from 9 September 2021 – 9 September 2026. Literature Joy Kogawa, Canadian author and G.G. Nakayama's daughter, confronted her father upon learning of his child sexual abuse and assault and learned that he abused around 300 children, mostly boys, from the ages