Ralph Rowe worked as a priest and boy scout leader and flew a plane with the Anglican Church logo into remote First Nations in northern Ontario where his "abuse was massive in its scope and horrendous in its impact," said a statement on Friday from Michael Thompson, general secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada.

The Report as a whole requires a much fuller response than we can give here. However we do not have confidence that this document will guarantee the maintenance of orthodoxy within the Church of England for the future. We need to express our serious reservations about the many ambiguities in the text relating to how we as Anglicans understand truth and goodness, sin and salvation, and how we should carry out pastoral and liturgical practice.

The archdiocese's decision was effective Thursday. It has appointed Monsignor Frank Kurzaj as parish administrator to assume Phillips' role. Kurzaj, most recently pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Floresville, has served in several other parishes in the archdiocese.

A few parishioners credited Phillips with increasing the flock and focusing on Scriptural study and sacred music. He also has been managing a major expansion of its school, Atonement Academy, they added.

The event, which was seen by about 1,000 people at the iconic building, triggered hundreds of compliments from people around the city on social media.

But it also provoked criticism in some quarters, with some calling it inappropriate and even questioning why a "different God" should be allowed to be worshiped there.

Gloucester Cathedral also took the step of deleting a Facebook post on the call to prayer after the comments got heated.