One of the most powerful men in the Roman Catholic Church was found guilty of multiple historical child sex offenses at a secret trial in Melbourne in December, the existence of which can only now be revealed. Australian Cardinal George Pell, 77, is almost certain to face prison after a jury found him guilty of […]
The first gathering of the nation’s Catholic bishops since this summer’s wave of anger and recrimination at the hierarchy’s handling of clergy sex-abuse opened Monday with a stunning announcement: The prelates would not take a promised vote on a series of new accountability measures– and it was the Vatican that ordered them to hold off. […]
