Australian archbishop Philip
Wilson became the world's highest cleric to be found guilty of
covering up priestly sex abuse when he was bishop of Adelaide in
the 1970s.
Wilson, 67, risks a jail term of two years for covering up
abuse by a priest who was transferred rather than sanctioned or
defrocked.
Vatican No.3 and treasurer George Pell, another Australian,
was sent to trial earlier this year in a historic sex abuse
case.
On Monday Pope Francis told the Italian Bishops' Conference
(CEI) that scandals weighed heavily on the crisis in priestly
vocations.
The sex abuse scandals have hit the Catholic Church
worldwide.
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