Cardinal Pell...

George Pell, the third most important cardinal in the Vatican, with responsibility for the Catholic Church’s finances, has been found guilty of sexually abusing two altar boys. This is a man who condemned sinners,  contraception, homosexuality, divorce, equal marriage and abortion. Dictatorial to the last, he even accused his own church of being “frightened to put forward the hard teachings of Christ”. For years he had denied knowledge of clerical abuse of children on his watch, even admitting, in an interview, that the “sad story” of a paedophile priest “wasn’t of much interest to me”. And now he’s going to prison.

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