NEWCASTLE (AUSTRALIA)
Church Militant
June 20, 2018
By David Nussman
Australia’s Abp. Philip Wilson may be world’s highest-ranking cleric to be jailed for failing to report abuse
An archbishop in Australia will likely be facing prison time after a judge found him guilty of covering up child sex abuse, making him the world’s highest-ranking Catholic clergy to be sentenced over abuse allegations.
Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide was brought to trial for allegations of failing to report a sexually abusive priest in the late 1970s. He was found guilty in a Newcastle court on May 22. In a hearing Tuesday, Newcastle Magistrate Robert Stone announced he would sentence Abp. Wilson on July 3.
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