Posted on 04/19/2025 11:09:06 PM PDT by Ozguy1945
In the Australian vernacular, the word “crucify” is often used as a metaphor to mean to treat very badly.
In my view, Cardinal George Pell was metaphorically crucified by a nascent police state because he was a conservative Christian.
In the hearts of Australian people and in the true spirit of the Christian religion, commitment to freedom and human decency can still be found.
If those values are paramount in learning the lessons of the tragedy of what the Victorian "justice system" did to Cardinal George Pell, then Australia and the world can be better places for the lesson.
If not, I see no decent future for the Western World.
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Bkmk
Although there is justification for condemning pedophile priests in the Catholic Church, there have been many unjustly accused priests who suffer just like Cardinal Pell.
Catholic dioceses unwisely set up slush funds to settle pedophile cases. While that sped up the judicial process and brought some reparations to those poor victims, it also opened the door for scammers to lay false claims to cash in quickly. Two “victims” in Pennsylvania filed accusations against priests in five different states to get quick buyouts from those diocesan slush funds. Too often timid bishops felt it best to just pay them off and hope it goes away. Of course, the falsely accused priests are left abandoned and scandalized.
Yes, Cardinal Pell is not alone.
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