Cardinal Pell: The Church in Australia has committed huge mistakes ws. Pedophilia – Onet.pl

 
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  Cardinal George Pell
 
 
 

Cardinal Pell, who is prefect of the Secretariat for. Economics, which is equivalent to the finance minister in the Vatican testified in the night from Sunday to Monday during a video conference, held in Rome between the hotel and the headquarters committee in Australia. This form was chosen to hear the dignitary when he informed the committee that he could not appear before it, as long air travel is not advised by his state of health.

During the first of several planned teleconference hierarch made a few hours explanations of the numerous cases of abuse of children in church schools and other institutions in the city of Ballarat in Victoria, where he was wiceproboszczem in the years 1973-1983 and in the diocese of Melbourne. There, first he served as auxiliary bishop and then Metropolitan.

The following statements relate to his ministry as Archbishop of Sydney . As reported, the committee seeks clarification on what was the attitude of the local Church to thousands of cases of such crimes in the ranks of the clergy.

Some of the victims of pedophile priests accused Australian Cardinal cover-up scandal and contempt and transfer the perpetrators of such acts to other parishes, and even attempted to bribe them in exchange for her silence. He and the prosecution strongly rejects. Also repeatedly said he did not know about pedophilia in Ballarat.

agency Ansa reported that during a conversation with the commission, Cardinal Pell said that much reliable, as emphasized signals for the use of children in his country had been neglected in the “scandalous circumstances.”

“Catastrophe” called it, how the Australian Church approached the matter serial pedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale’a, who was transferred from one parish to another. Cardinal Pell also assured that when he worked in the Diocese of Ballarat, knew about the crimes, which allowed just there Ridsdale.

the prelate added that the Church “has caused enormous damage in many places, disappointing the faithful.” – But now he is working to ensure that the remedy – he added. Among committed by the people of the Church of errors mentioned belief that priests pedophiles can be cured through psychological help.

(dk)