Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Cardinal who said abortion is worse than priests raping children apologizes for child abuse cover-up...

Cardinal George Pell of Australia recently admitted that the Catholic church did not address victims of sexual abuse by priests properly, and said his predecessor "did cover up" sex abuse.

"We've been slow to address the anguish of the victims and dealt with it very imperfectly," he acknowledged.

Pell also explained that former Ballarat Bishop Ronald Mulkearns knew of the sex abuse allegations and destroyed documents. He then moved the suspects to other parishes. These actions were "followed by disastrous consequences."

As noted by Salon, around 620 children were sexually abused by clergy in Australia from the '30s until now.

This abuse was hidden by the nation's hierarchy. Full story...

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