Anglican Healing Fund for Japanese Canadians
Since 2014 the Japanese Canadian Working Group (JCWG) has been working to seek justice for the many survivors of abuse by Gordon Goichi Nakayama. While the Anglican Church gave an official apology in 2015 and his abuse became more widely known, the JCWG joined with the NAJC to seek restitution for Nakayama’s clergy sexual abuse and the decades-long hiding of that abuse. The Anglican Healing Fund for Japanese Canadians is made possible by the combined efforts of the JCWG, working with the NAJC and the Anglican Church of Canada’s Diocese of New Westminster, Diocese of Calgary and the Primate of Canada.
The Anglican Healing Fund for Japanese Canadians is for survivors, survivor families and other Japanese Canadians who were directly and indirectly harmed by the clergy sexual abuse of the former Anglican Priest Gordon Goichi Nakayama. The fund provides life opportunities and supports personal well-being.
Update from the Anglican Healing Fund for Japanese Canadians – Reaching Out to Survivors Until 31 August, 2026
The former Anglican priest Gordon Goichi Nakayama confessed in writing that he sexually abused an estimated 300 boys from the 1930s to the 1990s.
10 April, 2015 at a public meeting at the Vancouver Japanese Language School, the Anglican Church of Canada issued a verbal apology to the JC community, for child sexual abuse perpetrated over several decades by its priest GG Nakayama. 01 April, 2021, the Anglican Church of Canada and the National Association of Japanese Canadians issued a joint press release stating that the ACC had established a $610,000 Healing Fund for Japanese Canadians (AHFJC), to be administered with separate funding for the next five years, by the NAJC.
If you, or someone you know, is a survivor or a survivor family member, please know that there are still healing funds available for counselling and education grants—but only until 31 August, 2026 unless the Church agrees to provide more.
If any survivor or survivor family member wishes to make a statement about how Mr Nakayama affected them or their family, or how the AHFJC healing funds have helped, they are also invited to be in touch with Wendy. Wendy now has RCMP contacts knowledgeable about Mr Nakayama, and they can help take statements as well.
To view or request a copy of the AHFJC brochure, booklet or 10-minute video, please check out the AHFJC website, QR code, or be in touch with Facilitator/Project Manager Wendy Matsubuchi for free, confidential help. [email protected] / 778-836-8250.
