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Cardinal George Pell, The Catholic Church and Child Sex Abuse
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I'll plead guilty to most of that. I don't wish death on anyone but I can't say I'm sorry to see him go.
He clearly and actively protected paedophiles, I can't say whether he was one, for that he can only be condemned.
I have very little time for religion, but even as religions go the Catholic Church is not an institution which earns any respect from me.
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Yes I believe he did. Not sure it was in public, in a meeting or conference.
So many of our country’s conservative leaders coming out today lauding this piece of *smile*, including the opposition leader who managed to play politics as well.
Whilst concentrating on the court case and his ultimate release they conveniently ignore that he protected some of the worst child molesters in the country and in some cases enabled them by transferring them only so they could offend again.
In doing so he ruined countless lives
Piece of *smile* is too good for him
Whilst concentrating on the court case and his ultimate release they conveniently ignore that he protected some of the worst child molesters in the country and in some cases enabled them by transferring them only so they could offend again.
In doing so he ruined countless lives
Piece of *smile* is too good for him
The best that can be said of the man is that apparently he slowed down to a crawl when driving through school zones.
And they're ignoring the fact that this was the finding of a Royal Commission that has never been quashed. They also ignore that his conviction was overturned on a technicality.
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Daniel Andrews ‘couldn’t think of anything more distressing’ for victims than a state funeral for George Pell
Victorian premier says those abused ‘at the hands of the Catholic church’ foremost in his thoughts
Likely a combination of the two sides of the coin interacting to create the absolute worst concoction. A perfect storm, so to speak.
I wonder too, whether in the seminary, there is secretive culture where the priests in training (and obviously their instructing priests) are committing all sorts of homosexual acts on each other, that they otherwise wouldn’t have got a taste for, or exposed to if they stayed in the outside world. Kind of how prison social dynamics work. Such phenomena intertwining with and reinforcing the self fulfilling cycle and culture of sexual abuse.
That’s not to say other religious organisations (such as the Anglican Church, or Salvation Army), or secular organisations (in recent times the Tasmanian department of education has been under examination for using similar past tactics as the Catholics, by shuffling accused paedophile teachers from post to post - as in, sweep them under the carpet rather than hold them accountable) haven’t had sexual abuse scandals surface. But it just seems to be so much more concentrated in the Catholic Church. And as pointed out, the idiosyncratic quirk is that it seems to be so heavily weighted towards sexual abuse against underage boys.
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The hidden findings on George Pell are now clear: he could have protected children from abuse. He didn't | David Marr
For two and a half years the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse’s verdict on Pell has been like buried ordnance, exploding only now
Great article by Louise Milligan on Pell:
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The child abuse cases for which George Pell was never tried
Cardinal George Pell died this week in Rome having been acquitted by the High Court on child sexual abuse charges but without ever facing court over multiple other allegations.
Of course they are.Abbott and Howard at Pell's service.
Even if you accept that Pell hasnt been found guilty of rape, and therefor is entitled to the assumption of innocence, his, at best, willful ignorance to the rapes committed by other priests, and his support for those priests, really highlights the priority of those in power at the catholic church, and those "conservatives" who dont just support him, but continue to offer unabashed praise.
(it should be debatable whether those in Pell's corner should be called conservatives, as i dont think they is any conservative about supporting a pedophile protector.)
