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has been sentenced for covering up sexual abuse
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 –
6:37am
An Australian archbishop has been sentenced to a maximum of
twelve months detention, after he was found guilty of covering up a
number of sexual abuse claims made against a fellow priest.
However, Magistrate Robert Stone has told the court that
67-year-old Philip Wilson will serve six months home detention,
followed by six months of parole, due to his “ailing health and
age”, CNN reports.
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Wilson, who is currently the archbishop of Adelaide, was found
guilty in May of covering up the sexual abuse of several altar boys
by paedophile priest James Patrick Fletcher during the 1970s.
“By concealing abuse it is demonstrating you are placing the
needs of the perpetrator above the child,” Magistrate Stone
said.
The BBC says that survivors of abuse had “mixed feelings
about the sentence”, with at least one believing it was “probably
letting [Wilson] off a little bit too lightly”.
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