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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy isn't there more coverage of Cardinal Pell's Pedophile conviction?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/26/cardinal-george-pell-vatican-treasurer-found-guilty-of-child-sexual-assaultCardinal George Pell, once the third most powerful man in the Vatican and Australias most senior Catholic, has been found guilty of child sexual abuse after a trial in Melbourne.
A jury delivered the unanimous verdict on 11 December in Melbournes county court, but the result was subject to a suppression order and could not be reported until now.
A previous trial on the same five charges, which began in August, resulted in a hung jury, leading to a retrial.
Pell, who is on leave from his role in Rome as Vatican treasurer, was found guilty of sexually penetrating a child under the age of 16 as well as four charges of an indecent act with a child under the age of 16. The offences occurred in December 1996 and early 1997 at St Patricks Cathedral, months after Pell was inaugurated as archbishop of Melbourne.
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Five to ten years coming up - throw away the key.
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Why isn't there more coverage of Cardinal Pell's Pedophile conviction? (Original Post)
malaise
Feb 2019
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(54,399 posts)1. I think the ugly explanation is simply this
We have grown so used to hearing stories like this that it has become routine by now to hear of it.
Sad, as that may sound.............
CDerekGo
(507 posts)2. Catholic Church?
You never know the reach of Catholicism into Media.
BigmanPigman
(51,607 posts)3. I bet there is ttuth in what you say.
I never thought of that aspect of the issue before.