It is not going to be an easy task to get a
high-ranking official of a powerful institution
to admit that mistakes were made in the way it
handled child-abuse cases. And of course denial
of the harm that was inflicted on innocent
people does not help matters. Neither does
defending those responsible.

The Church must squarely accept the challenges before
it. It can no longer attempt to sweep things under
the rug if it wants to maintain its credibility.
The Vatican realises this - hence sending Cardinal Pell
back to this country to answer questions is something
that the current Pope seems to feel is necessary.

It shall be interesting to see - what (if anything) results
from all of this.

When Pell was a boy he was taught that missing Mass of Obligation without good reason sends people to hellfire. So a bit of rape and sodomy by comparison doesn't seem all that bad.

Suseonline:

"Merry Christmas Phanto.
Cheers, Suse."

Why do you feel the need to hide behind Christmas?

Or is it rock spiders that hide behind it?

Posted by nicknamenick, Friday, 25 December 2015 7:36:04 PM

" ... Or is it rock spiders that hide behind it? ... "

Rock Spiders and Rock Spider friends, criminals aiding and albeiting criminals.

The Royal Commission needs to be expanded to include the Legislature and the Judiciary to make sure that they get them all.

In fact if you defined Rock Spider and Rock Spider Friend in Law with full retrospective powers, liquidated and imprisoned the lot of them, I should think that that would go to make a not insignificant contribution to improving the budget.

One wonders whether there has ever been a time when the Genocidal Crown and its ill begotten spawn haven't been abusing someone's children?

Dear Phanto,

Your posts appear to be deliberately designed to
provoke an angry response. These kind of tactics
are rarely productive.