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Related: About this forumTop Vatican cardinal trailed by old child abuse scandal from Australia
Cardinal George Pell left Sydney two years ago to great fanfare. The longtime Archbishop of Sydney and lauded defender of the faith down under had just been appointed chief of the Vaticans finances sometimes described as the second most powerful position in Rome. It is the highest an Australian has ever ascended in the Church.
But Pell couldnt leave behind the child sex abuse scandal that had rocked his hometown, or the hushed accusations that he had a part in it. Those accusations have grown louder and much more public since last month, when an Australian commission began hearings into a notorious pedophilia ring just down the road from where Pell once served as parish priest.
Amid fervent coverage in the Australian press, an accusation that his handling of the issue was sociopathic and testimony that Pell ignored warnings about his abusive colleagues and attempted to bribe one victim to stop him from speaking out, Pell has now hired lawyers to fight off attacks from the decades-old scandal he cant quite shake.
The issue came to a head this Sunday, when Peter Saunders, a British survivor of sexual abuse by a priest who had been specially appointed by Pope Francis to serve on the Vaticans Commission for the Protection of Minors, said that Pell should be removed from his position.
He has a catalog of denigrating people, of acting with callousness, cold-heartedness, almost sociopathic, I would go as far as to say, this lack of care, Saunders told the Australian television program 60 Minutes. I think its critical that he is moved aside that he is sent back to Australia and that the Pope takes the strongest action against him.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/03/top-vatican-cardinal-trailed-by-old-child-abuse-scandal-from-australia/
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Top Vatican cardinal trailed by old child abuse scandal from Australia (Original Post)
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2015
OP
"denigrating people... acting with callousness, cold-heartedness, almost sociopathic"
trotsky
Jun 2015
#1
It's almost as if it's something you have to put on your resume in order to get promoted.
trotsky
Jun 2015
#4
Well when considering who to put in charge of sweeping a financial scandal
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2015
#5
trotsky
(49,533 posts)1. "denigrating people... acting with callousness, cold-heartedness, almost sociopathic"
Worked his way right up the chain in the RCC with those qualities. A real go-getter!
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)2. Just don't make a joke about big cats
That would be offencive.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)3. certainly more offensive that actually killing people.
because words.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)4. It's almost as if it's something you have to put on your resume in order to get promoted.
Involved in child rape or a coverup? Check! Move on up to Vatican City!
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)5. Well when considering who to put in charge of sweeping a financial scandal
under the rug, prior experience with covering up scandals seems entirely appropriate.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)6. An excellent analysis, Mr. Stupidity.
Rugs always do such a poor job covering things up, though!