Cardinal George Pell.
February 26, 2019 at 5:21 pm
(This post was last modified: February 26, 2019 at 5:22 pm by fredd bear.)
Yesterday came the news that Australia's most senior Cathoilc cleric, Cardinal George Pell, has been convicted of child sex abuse.
IN my family, he has long been known as "that slimy George Pell".
He has been convicted for his own crimes, not for any responsibility in covering up the abuse in Australia, in which he was involved up to his neck.
Seems he is only 77. I thought he was in his 80's. Perhaps he may spend some time in prison. Couldn't careless how long; his life in the Church is over. I expect him to be defrocked as a cardinal, but not as a priest..He will be tucked away some place quiet.
MY satisfaction is the precedent. I hope he is only one of many to come.
I doubt non Catholics are aware the amount of damage the child sex scandal has caused the Church. It seems thousands have left already. Church numbers have been in decline for decades, except in some developing nations, where numbers have actually increased.
The growth of Catholicism and other Christian religions in South America and sub Saharan Africa give a false impression of world wide christianity, imo.
FROM THE NEWS:
A high-ranking Catholic official has been convicted of child sex abuse and is due to be sentenced Wednesday. Australian Cardinal George Pell, a top adviser to Pope Francis who was in charge of Vatican finances until he was accused, was found guilty of five charges of "historical child sexual offenses" that go back decades.
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/25/698023578...-sex-abuse
IN my family, he has long been known as "that slimy George Pell".
He has been convicted for his own crimes, not for any responsibility in covering up the abuse in Australia, in which he was involved up to his neck.
Seems he is only 77. I thought he was in his 80's. Perhaps he may spend some time in prison. Couldn't careless how long; his life in the Church is over. I expect him to be defrocked as a cardinal, but not as a priest..He will be tucked away some place quiet.
MY satisfaction is the precedent. I hope he is only one of many to come.
I doubt non Catholics are aware the amount of damage the child sex scandal has caused the Church. It seems thousands have left already. Church numbers have been in decline for decades, except in some developing nations, where numbers have actually increased.
The growth of Catholicism and other Christian religions in South America and sub Saharan Africa give a false impression of world wide christianity, imo.
FROM THE NEWS:
A high-ranking Catholic official has been convicted of child sex abuse and is due to be sentenced Wednesday. Australian Cardinal George Pell, a top adviser to Pope Francis who was in charge of Vatican finances until he was accused, was found guilty of five charges of "historical child sexual offenses" that go back decades.
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/25/698023578...-sex-abuse
