St John's council members resign en masse

Almost the entire council of Sydney University's St John's College has quit, saying the recent resignations of the college's six clerical fellows means they can no longer do their jobs, reports the ABC.

The clerical fellows resigned last week at the request of Catholic Archbishop George Pell after a series of damaging incidents came to light.

In a statement yesterday, former chairman Christine Liddy said the council no longer had a legal quorum and was incapable of carrying out its legal obligations to the college and students.

Christine Liddy said all but one of the council's lay fellows have resigned, according to an AAP report in The Sydney Morning Herald.