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Impasse: Melbourne Archbishop-elect Peter Comensoli says Philip Wilson should resign. 

The Catholic bishop who's about to lead Australia's largest diocese says Philip Wilson must resign.

Bishop says Wilson should resign to break ‘terrible impasse’

Calls: Archbishop Philip Wilson leaves Newcastle Courthouse on Tuesday after he was sentenced to 12 months jail for concealing the child sex offences of a Hunter priest. Picture: Darren Pateman.

Australia's bishops have thrown the Archbishop Wilson resignation ball into Pope Francis' court.

Catholic Bishops advise Archbishop Wilson to resign

Archbishop Philip Wilson leaves Newcastle Local Court, in Newcastle after sentencing, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. The Adelaide Archbishop has been found guilty of concealing historical child sexual abuse. Picture:AAP Image/Darren Pateman

For those who have not followed the trial, here is a rundown of everything you need to know.

Archbishop Philip Wilson: the case, the trial and the verdict

Archbishop Philip Wilson, who was the most senior Catholic official in the world to be charged with concealing child sexual assault, was sentenced to home detention in Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday.

Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson convicted, but spared jail for covering up child sexual abuse

Reforms: Bishop of Parramatta Vincent Long says all Catholics should be involved in the Australian church's response to the child abuse royal commission.

Australia's Catholic bishops are being challenged to release a church child abuse report.

Listen to the Pope: bishop breaks ranks on church child abuse response

History: Archbishop Philip Wilson - the most senior Catholic clergyman in the world to be convicted of concealing a priest's child sex crimes, but not the most senior to be charged after a French Cardinal was charged in April. Picture: Darren Pateman.

The archbishop, the clergyman, the royal commissioner and changing history.

Wilson case proves how far we’ve come

The faithful, and tourists: The Vatican this week as Pope Francis speaks.

Comment: It's the same old power game from Australia's Catholic bishops.

Enough with the secrets: Australia’s Catholic bishops must release their abuse report

Defrock: There are calls for Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson to be defrocked after his conviction in Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday.

Pope Francis should defrock Archbishop Philip Wilson while bishops pray for him, say abuse victims.

Archbishop a ‘convicted criminal in denial’ who should be sacked and defrocked: victims

“If at any any point in time it becomes necessary or appropriate for me to take more formal steps, including by resigning as Archbishop, then I will do so.”

Philip Wilson stands aside as Archbishop of Adelaide after guilty verdict

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Shine the light - a Newcastle Herald investigation

Shine the Light: Child Sexual Abuse in the Hunter

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