Archbishop media awards cancelled
A POPULAR Catholic Church media awards has been cancelled for the first time in almost three decades after the disgraced Adelaide Archbishop’s conviction for covering up child sex abuse.
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One woman’s crusade to correct grave injustice
IT was a grand gesture to a paedophile priest that came to symbolise how the Catholic Church appallingly treated child sex abuse victims within its own community. But now the mother of a child sex abuse victim has won a two-year crusade.
Wilson to appeal conviction, will quit if he fails
ARCHBISHOP of Adelaide Philip Wilson says he will quit his role as the state’s most senior Catholic leader if he fails in a planned appeal against his conviction for concealing historical child abuse.
Wilson to serve his sentence at home
THE state’s highest-ranking Catholic Church leader has avoided an immediate jail term for covering up the sexual abuse of altar boys, as a magistrate condemned the widespread devastation wrought on communities. But the conviction will have far-reaching consequences for religious faiths across the globe.
Wilson awaits sentence, victim to miss landmark day
PHILIP Wilson will learn on Tuesday if he is jailed for covering up child sex abuse, but the landmark case’s key victim will be absent to watch justice unfold because of ill health.
Cheney family fury over Keogh’s $2.5m payout
WRONGFULLY convicted murderer Henry Keogh, who spent 21 years in jail, has received a $2.57 million taxpayer-funded payout from the State Government, sparking outrage from the family of his former fiancee.
Adelaide millionaire ordered to pay $9.7m to ex-wife
A MILLIONAIRE Adelaide businessmen must pay his former wife almost $10 million in a divorce payout after a bitter years-long property and custody battle.
How a drug fugitive was nabbed on the school run
HE was among Australia’s most wanted criminals, accused of being one of the country’s largest darknet drug suppliers. But to the Walford Anglican School community, he was just another dad picking up his girls … until detectives swooped.
Secret report revealed rock dangers last year
ALMOST all Southern Expressway overpasses assessed in a secret review were found to be at “high risk” of rock throwing incidents more than a year ago.
Jailing Archbishop ‘would send a message’
JAILING Adelaide’s Catholic Church leader would send a “clear message” that covering up institutional child sex abuse was no longer tolerated, despite fears it could kill him, a court has heard.
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