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Topic History of: George Pell verdict
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Barney |
George Pell yesterday applied to the Australian High Court for leave to appeal the majority verdict of the Appeal Court.
Though usually refused - GP's appeal will probably be granted, primarily because one of the Appeal Court judges strongly disputed his colleagues' verdicts.
Still in jail - and a member of the College of Cardinals - GP will be anxiously awaiting his last chance to be freed, and vindicated.
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Barney |
The wheels of justice differed in the cases of Pell, Barbarin and McCarrick - the Three Cardinals.
P was accused, by a victim, and convicted by the civil court; later (if his second appeal fails), he will be judged by an eclesiastical court in the Vatican.
B was brought to the attention of the police (and afterwards,the civil courts) by the victims of a paedophile priest, who reported to him.
Although his whereabouts are unknown, he will soon face an eclesiastical court; he essentially admits his guilt. The relevant movie is top class.
M largely concentrated on seminarians (trainee priests, living in a residential community) - who later accused him, via the local police authorities.
Seemingly, the Catholic church in Washington sidestepped the civil courts - and engineered his conviction by the internal court, which fired him.
Punishment and sentence is to live in a safe house somewhere, not to travel and be quiet.
Different horse, in different countries...
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Barney |
Last year, Theo McCarrick - Cardinal and Archbishop of Washington was laicised and defrocked by the Pope.
In other words - turfed out of the church, after being convicted of a lifetime of sexual offences against minors and adults.
McCarrick is believed to be the first serving Cardinal to be expelled in such a fashion.
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Barney |
Numerous others Cardinals have now been - or are coming - before a variety of courts.
Phillipe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyon, was given a custodial sentence (albeit suspended) earlier this year.
Barbarin refused to report a priest in his archdiocese who was regularly abusing boy scouts.
Simply transferring him from place to place - and denying any wrongdoing by the church.
French courts found it unacceptable, as did the the people.
An award winning movie about the story was recently made.
Called 'By the Grace of God'...
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JK2006 |
You might be aware that one of the men behind the George Pell case was Peter Saunders of NAPAC and, at one time, before they discovered a lot about him, a Vatican advisor. NAPAC where Carl Beech was a beloved regular. As he was at the NSPCC. Follow the money.
I remember almost four years ago thinking "Hmm, clearly envelopes arrived through 15 letter boxes in Rome one morning that convinced the entire commission to discreetly dump this man. I wonder what they contained".
Since then - George Pell and so many others.
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