Australian church abuse victims welcome archbishop's resignation


FILE PHOTO: Archbishop Philip Wilson leaves Newcastle Local Court, in Newcastle, Australia, July 3, 2018. AAP/Darren Pateman/via REUTERS

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australians welcomed on Tuesday the resignation of Archbishop Philip Wilson, who had resisted quitting for two months after he became the most senior Catholic cleric in the world to be found guilty of concealing child sex abuse.

Wilson, 67, came under pressure from abuse victims, other bishops, and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull after being convicted for having failed to disclose to police that two victims had told him in 1976 they had been abused by another priest, James Fletcher.

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