Tag: Archbishop Wilson

Catholic archbishop steps down after court verdict finding him guilty of child sex abuse cover-up

  (Eagle News) – A Catholic archbishop in Australia decided to step down on Wednesday, May 23, after a New South Wales court found him guilty of covering up child sex abuse in the 1970s. This was announced by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) a day after the verdict of Magistrate Robert Stone of the Newcastle Local Court on Adelaide archbishop Philip Wilson, one of the highest-ranked church officials globally to be successfully prosecuted […]