UNKA2 wrote:
therealswansman wrote: Mikeh, I couldn't agree more, but Pell wan't on trial for covering up and on the basis of the evidence reported seems to have been convicted of the sins of the whole Catholic Church.
Interestingly though, taking into account all the reported cases of child molestation in Australia, the % of cases against the clergy of the Catholic Church is the lowest when guaged against other professions and organisations, yet there doesn't seem to be the same vitriol spewed against the other offenders.
Well perhaps because being priest or whatever is held in the highest esteem in sociiety, a protcctor if you like for the vulnerable and poor.. So "the last"people you would think, would be those in society are held in such high esteem.
Spot on. Its the gap between their preaching and their personal behaviour which looks so hypocritical. Pell roundly and piously condemned any sexual behaviour which wasn't of the heterosexual type within marriage. Now he has been literally caught with his pants down.
