Pope Francis nominated on Sunday a special administrator to the Australian archdiocese of Adelaide after its head was found guilty last month of concealing child sex abuse by a priest. Gregory O'Kelly - who is the Bishop of Port Pirie, a diocese north of Adelaide - will take the role known in Church law as "Apostolic Administrator". The Vatican appoints such administrators in a variety of circumstances including when a bishop or archbishop cannot fulfil his duties. Wilson is expected to be sentenced by an Australian court in June. Fletcher was found guilty in 2004 of nine counts of child sexual abuse and died in jail in 2006 following a stroke.

Source: dna June 03, 2018 13:52 UTC