Astute observations Kathleen. Pell was a reviled figure. He might or might not have been guilty of molesting choirboys personally but there was a determination to find him guilty. He was a highly intelligent, very articulate conservative. Many people consider him a psychopath. He aspired to be Pope and he rose to the third-highest rank i…
Astute observations Kathleen. Pell was a reviled figure. He might or might not have been guilty of molesting choirboys personally but there was a determination to find him guilty. He was a highly intelligent, very articulate conservative. Many people consider him a psychopath. He aspired to be Pope and he rose to the third-highest rank in the Vatican. In my opinion he was an enabler of child molestation by priests who were moved from parish to parish as their abuses became known and he was the architect of lawfare used to attack the victims when they spoke out. He was not charged with being an enabler, however, but rather with molesting kids personally.
Thanks for the kind words and for your insights into the Pell controversies. It seems to be an all-too-familiar example of abuse of power and misplaced trust, whatever the specific nature of his sins/crimes.
Astute observations Kathleen. Pell was a reviled figure. He might or might not have been guilty of molesting choirboys personally but there was a determination to find him guilty. He was a highly intelligent, very articulate conservative. Many people consider him a psychopath. He aspired to be Pope and he rose to the third-highest rank in the Vatican. In my opinion he was an enabler of child molestation by priests who were moved from parish to parish as their abuses became known and he was the architect of lawfare used to attack the victims when they spoke out. He was not charged with being an enabler, however, but rather with molesting kids personally.
Thanks for the kind words and for your insights into the Pell controversies. It seems to be an all-too-familiar example of abuse of power and misplaced trust, whatever the specific nature of his sins/crimes.