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Philip Wilson: Ex-archbishop's conviction for covering-up abuse is quashed
Source: BBC
Philip Wilson: Ex-archbishop's conviction for covering-up abuse is quashed
6 December 2018
A former Catholic archbishop in Australia has had his conviction for concealing child sexual abuse quashed.
A judge in New South Wales said there were reasonable doubts about Philip Wilson's conviction.
Mr Wilson, 68, had become the world's most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of covering up sexual abuse when his trial ended in May.
But he consistently denied knowing that paedophile priest James Patrick Fletcher had abused boys in the 1970s.
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6 December 2018
A former Catholic archbishop in Australia has had his conviction for concealing child sexual abuse quashed.
A judge in New South Wales said there were reasonable doubts about Philip Wilson's conviction.
Mr Wilson, 68, had become the world's most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of covering up sexual abuse when his trial ended in May.
But he consistently denied knowing that paedophile priest James Patrick Fletcher had abused boys in the 1970s.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46463771