An Australian archbishop who was the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in the world to be charged with covering up child sex abuse was convicted on Tuesday and faces a potential two years in prison.

Attempts to give Henry Ford the Freedom of Cork failed to materialise, but Thomas Grimes reveals how UCC finally honoured the man after some persuasion.

Nine men linked to the Anglican Church in South Australia, including two former ministers, have been arrested for allegedly abusing children over the past five decades, police said today.