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trotsky

(49,533 posts)
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 10:46 AM Feb 2016

Australian survivors of Catholic clergy abuse head to Rome

http://news.yahoo.com/australian-survivors-catholic-clergy-abuse-head-rome-050408403.html

Survivors of abuse by Catholic clergy in Australia were on Friday set to travel to Rome to hear evidence from Cardinal George Pell, but denied there was a "witch hunt" against the Vatican finance chief.

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The cardinal's evidence is keenly anticipated after former Ballarat Bishop Ronald Mulkearns told the inquiry on Thursday he had not known how to handle allegations of child sex abuse.

"I certainly regret that I didn't do things differently," the 85-year-old said.

"Those days, it was a long time ago -- we didn't know quite how to deal with these things."


Oh I dunno, I think any person with the most primitive moral compass could have figured out to at LEAST keep these rapists away from children.
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