AUSTRALIA
ABC News
Former Catholic priest and District Court judge Chris Geraghty says the charging of an Australian Archbishop over allegations he concealed child sex abuse in the 1970s is likely to lead to other charges against Catholic clergy embroiled in similar cases.
Archbishop Philip Wilson, who is on indefinite leave, has denied the allegations and said he will be defending them.
Mr Geraghty told Radio National’s Religion and Ethics Report that the charging of Wilson was a big blow to the Catholic Church.
“If Philip Wilson is getting charged, there will be others I would think going to be charged too and they’d be running for cover worrying what’s going to happen,” he said.
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