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Lewis Blayse
Will Wright do the right thing?
Probably not.
Seriously, though, Bishop William Wright (pictured above on left, with Cardinal Pell) has been called before the New South Wales enquiry into clerical child sexual abuse. Previously, he had said he might not be called. He has also gone on record as saying that he had been “surprised” at the extent of claims in his diocese, and also states it passes all claims on to the police.
Wright, who was born in the US, where his father worked for the IMF, is a member of the Catholic Church’s PR unit, which was set up to deal with the fall-out from the Royal Commission. This will be a practice session for him.
Appearing along with Wright will be the secretary of the Australian Bishop’s Conference, Fr. Brian Lucas. (The head of the conference is Melbourne bishop Denis Hart – see previous posting). Lucas worked in the Newcastle diocese in the past.
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