George Pell to retain title while legal process continues

And one of the Vatican press corps' most experienced voices believes it is inevitable that Pell will be 'defrocked' - booted from the clergy - should his legal appeal against the verdict against him fail

"The Holy Father has confirmed the precautionary measures which had been imposed by the local Ordinary [bishop] on Cardinal George Pell, that is, while awaiting the definitive assessment of the facts, Cardinal George Pell is prohibited from exercising public ministry and from having any voluntary contact whatsoever with minors."

A Church source in Rome said Pell had been a "divisive" figure in the Vatican, and there would be some who welcomed the verdict. The source said, however, it was "not hugely discussed" as the verdict had become widely known in December. Instead, most were interested to find out what Pell had been doing since the verdict came down, what his plans were for an appeal, and his state of health.

On the weekend, Alazraki addressed the world's senior bishops at the Vatican abuse summit, telling them journalists would be "your worst enemies" if they did not "decide in a radical way to be on the side of the children"."You know better than I that abuses have been covered up systematically, from the ground up," she said.

It was a case of plain vanilla penetration of a minor so may be this might all go away and he keep his title....

So he has the popes support, the church disgusts me

Pell has been stripped of his Vatican status as Prefect for the Economy.

Wrong, wrong, wrong. Pontifex, wrong.

Ahh the work of Satan again.

Face facts dude, the child fucking parties, and getting away with it is over.

Pathetic. Fully and completely.

And the cover-ups continue unabated! The way things are heading the Catholic Church will have to pay people to go to Church?

Christianity is all about redemption and forgiveness-- but Catholics have changed it to denial & manipulation. This church and its followers have a long way to come back to the faith. A trillion dollar church shouldn't be harbouring a pedophile ring, it's simple as that.

Cardinal Sin 0.2

Bunch of disgusting people if you could call them that , protect like the boys club

But we can just call him the prisoner, or the pedophile. Perhaps Cardinal pedophile?

Discusting...so he has no faith in the judicial system of Australia and a jury of his peers...! This proves they think they are above the law and not accountable. pope cardinalpell CatholicChurch

I’m a firm believer in Due Process & the Presumption of Innocence until that process has been exhausted. So I applaud the church for this action. But it’s not going to be popular & will exacerbate problems for them, which makes it a very brave stance!

tisy47 Rancid Catholic Church shouldn't have its own state and the diplomatic immunity that comes with it. Vatican Italy

That is simply supporting Pell - using his title as 'influence' Why don't they all have a group hug at the same time

What do you expect from the world's biggest paedophile ring?

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