It is a grim reality that George Pell’s leadership of the Catholic
Church in Australia will be defined by the abuse of children. In many
ways, the church’s cynical handling of clerical abuse will overwhelm all
other works of the past few decades. Abuse has become the church and
the church become abuse.
Senior clergy have known this for some time. Now and then, both here and abroad, they have conspired to hide this information. Priests have been moved from parish to parish, their abuse prolonged by a strategy that kept them beyond the law. The church has been dealing with this issue, secretively, for as long as it has been happening.
http://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/topic/religion/2014/08/30/george-pell-and-the-catholic-churchs-cross-bear-child-abuse/1409320800#.VUQodJMfjIV
Senior clergy have known this for some time. Now and then, both here and abroad, they have conspired to hide this information. Priests have been moved from parish to parish, their abuse prolonged by a strategy that kept them beyond the law. The church has been dealing with this issue, secretively, for as long as it has been happening.
http://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/topic/religion/2014/08/30/george-pell-and-the-catholic-churchs-cross-bear-child-abuse/1409320800#.VUQodJMfjIV