I always come back to Rod Dreher’s report from a year ago:
‘Just heard from a clerical source I trust that 3 yrs ago, #CardinalPell was describing how much hidden money he’d found investigating Vatican Bank. Someone present said, “Your Eminence, don’t you fear for your life?” Pell responded, “No, they will destroy my reputation.”’
https://twitter.com/roddreher/status/1137775790626615301
I honestly think the Vatican stuff is largely irrelevant.
I live in Australia - I’ve seen first hand for the last 25 years how hated Pell is by the Australian left. He really is the biggest target of their considerable hate and has been all that time.
They’ve been trying to get him for years on something.
There doesn’t need to be a massive Vatican level conspiracy.