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Megan Neil – AAP on February 23, 2017
Adelaide’s Catholic Archbishop Philip Wilson admits his dealings with child sex abuse survivors have failed at times.
Archbishop Wilson, believed to be the most senior Catholic official in the world to face a charge of concealing child sex abuse, says the church leadership carries a big responsibility to ensure changes occur so children are protected.
The archbishop accepts the Adelaide archdiocese’s dealings with abuse survivors have not always been a success.
“There are some parts of our experience in Adelaide that I wasn’t happy that we did it as well as we could,” he told the child sex abuse royal commission on Thursday.
“Sometimes I have failed in that area but I would really make it a high point to try to engage with the survivors as much as I can.”
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