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Gabriel Fowler

Darcy O'Sullivan, known as Marist Brother Dominic, outside court before his first conviction for child sex offences against former students. He will be eligible for release on parole on August 28, 2025.

"There's a bucketload of students over the years who this man victimised for a decade or more, and whose lives he ruined."

More time in prison for Marist paedophile

Former St Pius X Adamstown principal Father Tom Brennan acknowledged as a child sex offender

Apology: Barrister and author James Miller whose apology letter from Maitland-Newcastle diocese for sexual offences against him in 1978 acknowledged that St Pius X Adamstown principal Father Tom Brennan was a child sex offender.

James Miller is a barrister, an author and an abuse survivor challenging the church on celibacy.

‘I am sorry’: Bishop apologises for child sex offender principal

Devastated: NSW Police Minister Troy Grant rebuked Maitland-Newcastle diocese for a statement released after a Hunter child sex abuse victim's recent death. 

A Catholic church statement has added to stress after the death of a Hunter child sex victim.

Police minister rebukes church after child sex victim’s death

Impasse: Melbourne Archbishop-elect Peter Comensoli says Philip Wilson should resign. 

The Catholic bishop who's about to lead Australia's largest diocese says Philip Wilson must resign.

Bishop says Wilson should resign to break ‘terrible impasse’

Calls: Archbishop Philip Wilson leaves Newcastle Courthouse on Tuesday after he was sentenced to 12 months jail for concealing the child sex offences of a Hunter priest. Picture: Darren Pateman.

Australia's bishops have thrown the Archbishop Wilson resignation ball into Pope Francis' court.

Catholic Bishops advise Archbishop Wilson to resign

Sentenced: Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson enters Newcastle Courthouse on Tuesday before he was sentenced for concealing child sex crimes. Picture: Darren Pateman.  

“If the archbishop doesn’t resign then the Catholic Church becomes a bigger laughing stock than it already is.”

Calls for Pope to sack Archbishop Philip Wilson after sentencing

Archbishop Philip Wilson leaves Newcastle Local Court, in Newcastle after sentencing, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. The Adelaide Archbishop has been found guilty of concealing historical child sexual abuse. Picture:AAP Image/Darren Pateman

For those who have not followed the trial, here is a rundown of everything you need to know.

Archbishop Philip Wilson: the case, the trial and the verdict

Archbishop Philip Wilson, who was the most senior Catholic official in the world to be charged with concealing child sexual assault, was sentenced to home detention in Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday.

Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson convicted, but spared jail for covering up child sexual abuse

Reforms: Bishop of Parramatta Vincent Long says all Catholics should be involved in the Australian church's response to the child abuse royal commission.

Australia's Catholic bishops are being challenged to release a church child abuse report.

Listen to the Pope: bishop breaks ranks on church child abuse response

History: Archbishop Philip Wilson - the most senior Catholic clergyman in the world to be convicted of concealing a priest's child sex crimes, but not the most senior to be charged after a French Cardinal was charged in April. Picture: Darren Pateman.

The archbishop, the clergyman, the royal commissioner and changing history.

Wilson case proves how far we’ve come

Shine the Light: Child Sexual Abuse in the Hunter

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