Bishop of Wollongong
In 1996, Wilson was appointed to replace Bishop William Murray as Bishop of Wollongong, and on 10 July, he was consecrated by Cardinal Edward Clancy. At the age of 45, this made Wilson the youngest Catholic bishop in Australia.
During his time as Bishop of Wollongong, Wilson was tasked with dealing with an alleged culture of inadequate responses to child abuse by clergy within the diocese. Wilson's predecessor, Bishop Murray, had been criticised during public hearings of the Wood Royal Commission for not acting on allegations of sexual misconduct within the diocese, and had admitted publicly that he did not know how to deal with them. Upon the delivery of the findings of the Wood Commission, Wilson issued a formal apology to the victims of abuse by clergy within the diocese.
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