philip wilson is now in recent days the highest ranking catholic cleric to be convicted of covering up child abuse by his underlings

as archbishop of adelaide he lied for years on behalf of rome but he just joins a very long list

bernie law cardinal of boston covered for 250 paedophile priests in 2002 and was given a top vatican job

the boston globe with a new jewish editor told the story after decades of abuse and payoffs

now the three dozen bishops in chile have resigned after widespread abuse was admitted

however wilson may lose his lofty position in view of the imminent george pell historic sexual offences trial

pell is the third ranked catholic cleric in the vatican and was thought to be a pope in waiting

though pell has not been convicted it has not been a good time for the church

with protest demonstrations being organised for the summer visit of the pope to ireland

child abuse by catholic clergy though denied by the church was endemic

god made you this way - it doesn't matter

the recent words of the current pope to a homosexual in chile

his predecessor called homosexuality an intrinsic moral evil

and before him other popes called gays even worse

maybe the church is changing after its abysmal treatment of children and others