AUSTRALIA
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
July 31, 2018
Senior Catholics have rallied to the defence of former Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson, who resigned after being convicted of concealing child sex abuse, saying he did “great good” that should not be forgotten.
“We remember that he is a man who has done so much in child protection areas, that this archdiocese was the first to have a child protection unit, a child protection council, a police check unit, and all at the initiative of Archbishop Wilson,” Port Pirie Bishop Greg O’Kelly, who has been acting as Adelaide’s Archbishop, said.
“We must not forget the great good he has done in those areas.
“So they are the sorts of things and now he has made this decision and we have to sort of listen and try to rebuild.
“Restore trust, restore confidence in people.”
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