AUSTRALIA
Crux
November 30, 2017
An Australian archbishop facing charges over allegedly covering up a case of clerical sexual abuse has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
The trial of Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide was due to begin on Tuesday in Newcastle. He is charged with concealing information about an abuse case from the 1970s.
The court accepted a defense motion to adjourn the case, until a neuropsychologist could assess the archbishop.
Information given to the judge said the “memory part of the brain” was not working properly, and Wilson had suffered a “loss of brain matter.”
In addition, the archbishop suffers from type-2 diabetes, hypertension, and ischemic heart disease.
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