NEW SOUTH WALES (AUSTRALIA)
9News (nine.com.au)
June 19, 2018
By Kim Robertson
Adelaide Archbishop pleads to avoid prison
Lawyers for Adelaide’s Catholic Archbishop have pleaded for him not to be sent to prison, for concealing child sex abuse.
They say he’s at risk of falling gravely-ill behind bars, or being attacked by other inmates.
But prosecutors and victims insist Philip Wilson has shown no remorse, and deserves little mercy.
Archbishop Philip Wilson stayed silent as he arrived to face justice at the Newcastle Local Court.
But inside his Defence lawyers pleaded with a Magistrate to spare the Catholic Archbishop jail, arguing he was so ill, he might not survive prison time.
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