LONDON (ENGLAND)
Daily Mail
May 24, 2018
The Catholic Church faces legal action from multiple child sex abuse victims after one of its most senior Australian leaders was found to have swept past transgressions under the rug.
Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Edward Wilson, 67, was found guilty on Tuesday of covering up priest James ‘Jim’ Fletcher’s sexual abuse of altar boys throughout the 1970s and 80s.
On Wednesday, Wilson announced that he would be stepping down – thought not resigning – from his role.
Now the victims of Fletcher’s abuse are seeking to launch legal action against the Church and seek compensation for their trauma, Adelaide Now reports.
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