Recently, Cardinal George Pell appeared in court after being arraigned on sexual assault charges. Pell has declared his own innocence and many of the accusations stem from the fact that he was a priest in the Australian town of Ballarat, a town known for sex crimes committed by priests there. I am having difficulty finding cases where Pell was directly sexually abusing anyone. Also, many of the charges are being kept secret. Is there a possibility that Pell is being called to court because she was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time?
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Tuhin Chakraborty
Aug 3, 2017
Sexual assault in the Catholic Church
Sexual assault in the Catholic Church
There is definitely a possibility that Pell is being called to court because she was simply at the wrong place at the same time, but many of the cardinals of the Catholic Church were previously believed to have been innocent-very few people would have believed that they did engage in sexual abuse.