The arrest of Cardinal Pell and his sentence to an impending prison sentence have hit the pope – 27/02/2019

The arrest of Cardinal George Pell, which took place on Wednesday, and the announcement of the prison sentence to be announced on March 13, put the entire Church in suspense, this is a blow to Pope Francis, who has made him aware of Vatican number 3 that in Australia, he was the subject of an investigation and was charged with badual violence against minors and protection of pedophile remedies.

A novelty that will increase the degradation of the prestige of the Church in Australia is the announcement of the father of one of the victims of Cardinal Pell, who will demand the ex-Archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney , the country's two major cities, after the death of her by an accidental heroin overdose in 2014, at the age of 31 years.

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The name of the victim or his father is not known, by court order. The deceased was 12 years old and was one of the children of the St. Patrick's Cathedral choir in Melbourne when he was raped by Archbishop Pell. Another child of the choir was also a victim of a violation of the high prelate pedophile.

The lawyers for the father of the deceased victim stated that it was very common for victims of badual abuse to use drugs: "The more we talk about it, the safer children will be." In a statement by specialist Lisa Flyn, it is said that the father of the young man killed by accidental overdose "will claim that Pell has blood on his hands".

The pontiff became stronger after the summit of leaders of bishops and superiors of religious orders, which took place from 21 to 24 February and which allowed the Argentine pope to better deal with the inevitable storm of the case of Cardinal Pell. .

He will now face great announcements of laws and very important measures the two weeks of the cardinal's imprisonment until his conviction is known, which can go up to ten years in prison for each of the five charges for which he was sentenced on Wednesday.

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In a very short time, it will publish a "motu proprio" on "the protection of minors and vulnerable people" and a "vademecum" to reinforce the prevention and the fight against the abuses in the Roman curia, central organ of the government of the # 39; s Church. and in the Vatican State.

The motu proprio will be accompanied by a law of the Vatican City and guidelines for the vicariate of the city on the same subject.

On the other hand, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith will publish the vademecum which "will help the bishops of the world to understand clearly their duties and obligations in the guardianship of the faithful against abuses".

The Pope favors the creation of "competent persons" working groups, including psychologists, to "help the episcopal conferences and dioceses that have difficulties" to face the problems and to carry out "initiatives in favor of the protection of minors ", as explained Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, who chaired the plenary sessions of the Bishops' Summit which ended last Sunday.

The summit's organizing committee met on Monday, said Lombardi, in response to the pope's wish for "ideas matured in the last days."

Vatican Correspondent