[Paladin2]

Maybe if the CHURCH had [non-trans] Altar Girls instead....

[Mrs. Don-o]

There´s plenty to shame and blame in the Catholic hierarchy --- and I could list some, but it would take me days --- but I´ll go on record that in THIS particular case, I think we´re seeing a set-up.

Pell was investigated on this three times, tried twice. (I don´t know how this works out in Australian law, but there it is.) First investigation found insufficient reason to bring charges, second rdsulted in charges and a hung jury, His lawyer says there is absolute proof that it would have been impossible for Pell to have committed the crimes, but is not allowed to discuss the evidence because of a "suppression" order. (So, really, no "swoft, public trial" since it was decades later, and held in secrecy.

Oh, and... Pell, while tasked with cleaning up the Vatican´s tangled finances, had hired a major accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, to do a thorough impartal investigation. Within months PWC´s investigation was permanently suspended by Pope Francis and the Australians mysteriously renewed these "historic charges" on which Pell had already been tried and not found guilty.

Some of the higher hierarch have been shielded under the aegis of "diplomatic immunity" or somesuch, Some real felons. But Pope Francis had Pell shipped back to Auatralia as fast as you could say "Adios."

Things that make you go "Hmm...