In late February, the church pledged to put the victims of abuse first, to listen to them with an open heart, to root out the culture of protecting priests accused of abuse. Now a number of lay Catholics are undercutting all these good and overdue intentions by challenging the guilty verdict of Australian Cardinal George Pell.
Let’s be clear about it: Nobody can claim to know conclusively whether Cardinal Pell is guilty of the charges put against him except for the two people alive who were in that room on the day in question.
http://catholicphilly.com/2019/03/commentaries/why-defending-cardinal-pell-is-a-problem/
http://catholicphilly.com/2019/03/commentaries/why-defending-cardinal-pell-is-a-problem/
