Archbishop Philip Wilson in court for the first time on Wednesday during landmark trial

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated December 7 2017 - 7:37am, first published December 6 2017 - 6:00pm

ARCHBISHOP Philip Wilson allegedly told a boy he “should be ashamed of himself for lying” and ordered him to “say 10 Hail Marys” after the child allegedly disclosed he had been sexually abused by Hunter priest Jim Fletcher, a landmark trial has heard.

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