AUSTRALIA
9 News
By Jarrad Brevi • Reporter
The trial of Adelaide’s Catholic Archbishop Philip Wilson, who’s accused of concealing child sex abuse, came to end on Friday after eight days in a Newcastle court.
Following final submissions, magistrate Robert Stone told the court he won’t be able to deliver a verdict until next month.
It’s a verdict that could have wide-reaching implications.
During final submissions by the prosecution, the Archbishop was accused of being a “consummate Catholic politician” and a man who was part of “an entrenched toxic culture of covering things up”.
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