As child sex abuse advocates mourn the release of George Pell, one woman sent the cardinal a very direct message.
today for all those persons who suffer due to an unjust sentence because of someone had it in for them.Just hours after Pell’s convictions were quashed, Pope Francis offered his morning mass for all those who suffer from unjust sentences, comparing it to the persecution of Jesus.
But Francis compared the suffering of those inflicted with unjust sentences today to the persecution of Jesus by Jewish community elders, with “obstinacy and rage even though he was innocent”.In recent weeks, the pope’s intentions for nearly all of his daily masses have been related to the coronavirus pandemic.
"But the price we pay for weighting the system in favour of the accused is that many sexual offences against children go unpunished. The court’s ruling quashed convictions that Cardinal George Pell sexually assaulted the two choir boys in the 1990s.
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