AUSTRALIA
Australian Associated Press via Yahoo News
February 3, 2021
By Tim Dornin
Unjustly convicted but later acquitted on charges of covering up child sex abuse, former Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson felt no self-pity or rancour, but rather accepted the cross he was forced to bear, his funeral service has been told.
The 70-year-old, who died last month, served as the eighth archbishop of Adelaide from 2001 until his resignation in 2018.
At a service in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral on Wednesday, Bishop Greg O’Kelly described him as a warm and compassionate man who was devoted to those who sought his ministry.
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