NATIONAL AFFAIRS Archbishop Wilson free, but trial was no witchhunt*

Does it follow from the successful appeal by Archbishop Philip Wilson against a conviction for failing to report child sexual abuse that the prosecution was a witchhunt? Certainly not! The prosecution was reasonably based and, although not successful, is a warning to those, no matter how high up, promptly to report information to the police. It should be made clear that the abuse of children in the Hunter region by Roman Catholic priests was shocking and the pain and suffering brought on those …

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