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  • Archbishop Pell: A Case Study In False Accusations

    10/21/2002 9:41:36 AM PDT · by ELS · 3 replies · 160+ views
    EWTN News ^ | October 21, 2002 | Vatican Information Service
    ARCHBISHOP PELL: A CASE STUDY IN FALSE ACCUSATIONS Australian Situation Reveals Problems with ProceduresSYDNEY, Australia, (Zenit.org) - Vatican fears about the inadequacy of the U.S. bishops' norms on dealing with clerical sex-abuse allegations are not without foundation -- judging by the experience of Sydney's Archbishop George Pell.The archbishop has been cleared by the independent inquiry set up to investigate an accusation of sexual abuse against him. Still unanswered, however, are questions about how the media cover this and similar cases, and how Church procedures deal with the abuse accusations.Archbishop Pell's trial-by-the-media is not new. From the moment he arrived here...