He was big on sex. Inside and outside the church, George Pell built his career preaching the sex rules of his faith. Intransigence made Pell a celebrity. Standing up to the zeitgeist, demanding obedience, listing sins and condemning sinners kept him in the news. He accused his own church of being “frightened to put forward the hard teachings of Christ”. That he never hesitated earned him few friends, many enemies and high office.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/26/brutal-and-dogmatic-george-pell-waged-war-on-sex-even-as-he-abused-children?fbclid=IwAR087y6lUW3sZ795O68g6QSSIfj79k58t3VWEuli1No18h4yaLnO70oQ1A8
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/26/brutal-and-dogmatic-george-pell-waged-war-on-sex-even-as-he-abused-children?fbclid=IwAR087y6lUW3sZ795O68g6QSSIfj79k58t3VWEuli1No18h4yaLnO70oQ1A8