Posted on 05/24/2018 10:19:34 AM PDT by buffyt
An Australian archbishop is facing up to two years in prison after being convicted of concealing child sex abuse by a fellow priest in the 1970s. Archbishop Philip Wilson is the highest ranking Catholic official to be convicted of covering up sexual abuse, part of a global scandal which has dogged the Vatican for decades. The 67-year-old archbishop of Adelaide was found guilty of having concealed the abuse of altar boys by a pedophile priest colleague, James Fletcher, in the 1970s, when he was an assistant parish priest in the state of New South Wales. Wilson's legal team argued that as child sexual abuse was not considered a serious crime in the 1970s, it was not worthy of being reported to authorities, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). In a statement issued by the church on Wednesday, Wilson said he was "obviously disappointed" with the verdict. "I will now have to consider the reasons and consult closely with my lawyers to determine the next steps ... I do not propose to make any further comment at this stage," he added. Historical abuse Archbishop Wilson was a junior priest when Fletcher, a Catholic Priest based in the Hunter Valley of NSW, abused altar boys. Wilson was charged in 2015, accused of failing to report Fletcher's abuse to police. Fletcher died in prison in 2006, a year after being found guilty of eight counts of child abuse and sentenced to 10 years. Speaking to reporters outside the Newcastle Court on Tuesday, one of Fletcher's victims praised the Archbishop's conviction. Former altar boy Peter Creigh, who waived his right to a non-publication order on his name, said,
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Just goes to show. Homosexuals can’t be trusted.
So, will that be a new addition to the glbtpxyz listings? Equal abuse for all? What about serial assaulters? Don’t they get a break. Morgan freeman just entered the list.
Vatican and hierarchy sez Catholic leadership does not have to obey state laws required to protect children from pedophile priests.
Funny how schools, youth camps and all other orgs could never get away with stating insubordinance.
Rome sez send ‘mo money, suckers!
Domino go stick’em up
Domino go frisk’em
Bishops do not have to report child abuse, Vatican says | The ...
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Feb 10, 2016 ... The Catholic Church is telling newly
appointed bishops it is “not necessarily” their duty to report accusations of clerical child abuse to ...
“Vatican Warned Bishops Not To Report Child Abuse”!
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“Vatican Warned Bishops Not To Report Child
Abuse”! .... It’s a cautionary statement, but it is not an order. .... and in dialogue with them, the Congregation will not be remiss in establishing some concrete directives with regard to these Policies.
Catholic bishops not obliged to report clerical child abuse, Vatican ...
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Feb 10, 2016 ... Vatican guide says ‘not necessarily’
bishop’s duty to report suspects to police despite Pope Francis’s vows to redress Catholic church’s legacy of child abuse. ... Sins of the fathers: sexual abuse at a Catholic order. Read more.
Vatican says Catholic bishops not compelled to report sex abuse
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I know a Catholic Priest, now very old, who was in charge of our local Catholic schools for the diocese. He was also a former Marine. When reports started to come in from various quarters about strange behavior of one priest regarding boys in one of the high schools, my friend took this other priest aside and reminded this man of his vows, and the vast trust the Church had placed him him as an educator of young souls. He ended with: "If I hear any such reports again, I will personally beat the shit out of you."
The offending priest left the priesthood, and indeed became an active homosexual.
Scandal was avoided, because someone took a masculine stand against sin.
The drunk & gay excuse was already taken by a celebrity.
What’s “I will personally beat the shit out of child abusers” in Latin? It should be on the bishop’s coat of arms.
In other news... water is WET!
Scripture requires that if an elder (priest) is sinning, they are to be publicly rebuked.
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