AUSTRALIA
BBC News
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, has been charged with concealing child sexual abuse by a priest in the 1970s.
He denies failing to report abuse carried out by Jim Fletcher, who died in prison in 2006 while serving time for raping an altar boy.
If found guilty the archbishop could serve up to two years in jail.
The charge came amid a nationwide investigation into paedophilia in institutions.
Archbishop Wilson, 64, said he would be taking leave from his position and added he would fight the charge.
“I intend to vigorously defend my innocence through the judicial system,” he said in a statement, adding that he was also committed to dealing with the issue of child sexual abuse.
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