Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide, the highest-ranking Catholic official ever to be convicted of covering up sex abuse.
The Vatican made the announcement in a statement sent to CNN on Monday.
Wilson, 67, was found guilty in May of concealing the abuse of altar boys in the 1970s by pedophile priest James Fletcher.
Last week he said that he intended to appeal the ruling under the "due process of law."
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