four months' imprisonment, to be served in the community. In pleading guilty, Wade became the first senior Catholic in Australia to admit to concealing child sex crimes. Father Thomas Brennan In 2012, Father Tom Brennan was arrested and charged with two counts of misprision of felony, or failing to disclose a serious crime, relating to the alleged child sex offences by his colleague Father John Denham. The offences occurred at St Pius X School, Adamstown, where Brennan was the principal and Denham a teacher. Brennan was also charged with eight counts of sexual abuse and two counts of assault. It was the first time anywhere in the world that a senior Catholic church leader had been charged with concealing child abuse. Brennan died of cancer in October 2012 before the charges could be heard in court. In 2018, the Catholic Church acknowledged Brennan's abuse. Bishop William Wright sent James Miller, one of Brennan's victims, a letter of apology. Wright wrote "As a Catholic priest, I feel great shame that an ordained priest of the Diocese chose to inflict his sexual desires upon you ... Brennan and all those who harmed children fundamentally betrayed their vocation. I am sorry." List of convicted priests and religious brothers The following is a list of priests and religious brothers from the diocese have been convicted of child sexual abuse or had allegations of child sexual abuse against them substantiated by the diocese or their religious order: Priests Monsignor Patrick Cotter - concealed child sexual abuse, deceased Father Vincent Ryan - spent over 17 years in prison for child sexual abuse. Served another 14 months. David O'Hearn - prison, convicted of child sexual abuse John Sidney Denham - prison, convicted of child sexual abuse James "Jim" Fletcher - convicted of child sexual abuse, deceased Thomas Brennan - convicted of child sexual abuse, concealing child sexual abuse, deceased Albert Davis - allegations of child sexual abuse substantiated by diocese, deceased Denis McAlinden - allegations of child sexual abuse substantiated by the diocese, deceased Francis Donovan - allegations of child sexual abuse substantiated by the diocese, deceased Kenneth Hodgson - allegations of child sexual abuse substantiated by the diocese, deceased Peter Brock - allegations of child sexual abuse substantiated by the diocese, deceased Peter Quirk - allegations of child sexual abuse substantiated by the diocese, deceased William Cantwell - allegations of child sexual abuse substantiated by the