The Catholic church is "delighted" the decision to overturn former archbishop Philip Wilson's conviction will not be appealed by the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions.
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The office of the DPP on Thursday said it had "no right of appeal against the dismissal of a charge in these circumstances".
Prosecutors argued Wilson covered up abuse after he was told by two altar boys in 1976 that they'd been molested by pedophile priest James Fletcher in the NSW Hunter region.
A magistrate convicted Wilson earlier this year but District Court judge Roy Ellis in early December ordered the clergyman be discharged.
Bishop Greg O'Kelly, the acting administrator of the Adelaide archdiocese, says he is "delighted" Wilson will have a chance to "recuperate and gain strength after this ordeal".
Australian Associated Press
