Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson will have to wait two weeks to learn his fate as abuse survivors call for him to be jailed for concealing child sex crimes.
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The 67-year-old is the most senior Catholic official in the world to be convicted of the offences after he was found guilty in May of failing to report to police the historical indecent assault of two altar boys.
Wilson will be sentenced in early July, however survivor Peter Creigh says he should be locked up to send a message to religious leaders that institutional cover-ups will no longer be tolerated.
Prosecutor Gareth Harrison told Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday at the root of the lies Wilson told about the abuse was an "unflinching loyalty" to the Catholic Church and "protecting it at all costs".
Defence barrister Ian Temby QC said Wilson may not survive jail if his diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's and "recurrent falls" worsened amid the risk of violence from fellow inmates.
Magistrate Robert Stone reserved his sentencing decision until July 3.
Australian Associated Press
