(ANSA) - Vatican City, July 30 - The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Philip Edward Wilson as archbishop of Adelaide after he was convicted for covering up child sex abuse. On July 3 Wilson was sentenced to 12 months in prison for covering up abuse by a paedophile priest in the 1970s.
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Australian abuse bishop
Philip Edward Wilson convicted for covering up abuse in 1970s