Opinionated,

Maybe wait until you've finished your TAFE course and then a basic university course - the faint hope is, in something useful - and then gain some experience in that field or something related, and THEN make comments which rise above the infantile :)

Joe

LOUDmouth,

I assume you are speaking from experience.

I said I would not have much to say about Pell until the release of that part of the RC inquiry into child sex abuse concerning the good cardinal.

Well, well, well, the Archy Pell fan club have been given a reality check concerning their hero, after today's release of the redacted sections of the finding of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Some of the findings include;

* Cardinal George Pell was aware of children being sexually abused within the Archdiocese of Ballarat by notorious paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale as early as 1973.

* Bishop Pell in 1989, knew of the paedophile activity of the Priest Peter Searson. The Commisioner found that it ought to have been obvious to Pell at the time, and he should have advised the archbishop to remove Father Searson and he did not do so.”

Found to be innocent of the crime of paedophilia himself by the High Court, but damned by a Royal Commission as untruthful, evasive and negligent in the extreme concerning the same crime committed by his fellow clergy.

It is my opinion the hierarchy of the Catholic Church that failed those abused by the Catholic clergy, and Pell is very much one of them, are as guilty of an heinous crime, just as much as the disgusting perpetrators of paedophilia themselves are.

Pell will be forever held in contempt by the general public.

So Paul1405, you now represent the general public I see! I suggest you now start chasing current paedophiles in the unmentionable religion, whose clergy marry girls as young as nine to older men. Whose adherents believe in taking groomed young girls as sex slaves. You might then have some credibility.

Jose, typical of an apologist. You are absolutely right, look the other way, and let all the paedophile Catholic clergy out of jail. Why, because there are paedophiles in some other religion, great bit of logic on your part. Amazing how the far right and the religious are quick to defend paedophiles on the grounds that others do it, why not our mob seems to be the implication.

Now how about you answer the finding of the Royal Commission concerning Pell. Why not, is it because you are one of the forums leading cat callers of the Archy Pell fan club?

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Dear Paul1405 and Josephus,

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Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyons, France, was convicted of covering up sexual abuse cases by a priest and received a suspended six-month sentence that was overturned on appeal on 30 January 2020.

Barbarin had presented his resignation to Pope Francis in person on 18 March 2019 following his conviction on 7 March 2019. Despite the conviction being overturned, Pope Francis accepted Barbarin's resignation twelve months later, on 6 March 2020.

It is not known if Cardinal George Pell presented his resignation to Pope Francis on his conviction for child sexual abuse and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment.

As he has always claimed his innocence, it is unlikely that he did.

Apart from his conviction and subsequent acquittal of personal misdemeanours, Cardinal Pell has been quoted as saying that he knew a paedophile teacher in Ballarat (Christian Brother, Ted Dowlan) was moved to a new school because of abuse allegations, but that the rumours were vague and unspecific.

He said he did not tell church authorities or the police because he assumed Dowlan would get "help" to stop him molesting boys.

But he conceded he should have done more.

It will now be interesting to see see if Cardinal Pell follows the example of Cardinal Barbarin and offers his resignation to the Pope or if Pope Francis takes the initiative himself to request Cardinal Pell’s resignation.

The latter seems more likely.

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