Hunter-born Archbishop Philip Wilson has become the most senior Catholic clergyman in the world to be charged with concealing a child sex abuse allegation against another priest on what a pedophile priest victim has described as ‘a St Patrick’s Day we’ll never forget.’
“The Adelaide archbishop was charged on Tuesday with one count of concealing a child sex allegation made against Hunter priest the late Jim Fletcher in the 1970s, nearly nine months after the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry recommended the charge.
“He is one of only a handful of Catholic clergymen in the world to be charged with concealing a child sex allegation against another priest, and only the third in Australia after former school principal and fellow Maitland-Newcastle vicar-general the late Tom Brennan became the first to face such a charge in 2012.”
By Joanne McCarthy, Newcastle Herald, Australia — Click here to read the rest of this story.
Catholic Archbishop Philip Wilson charged with concealing child sex abuse / Newcastle Herald
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