
THE DIOCESE of Maitland-Newcastle said the late Bishop Bill Wright "offered his opinion to the Pope" about what should happen with convicted paedophile Vincent Ryan's priesthood, but the diocese has declined to provide any further detail about this correspondence, despite the subsequent deaths of both men.
Anger is mounting about how the diocese has responded to the April 13 death of Ryan, who was jailed twice for a combined period of 15 years and 11 months for sexually abusing more than 35 boys.