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After Cardinal Pell’s conviction, can a tradition-bound church become more accountable?

  • Written by Mathew Schmalz, Associate Professor of Religion, College of the Holy Cross
After Cardinal Pell’s conviction, can a tradition-bound church become more accountable?Cardinal Pell is the most senior Catholic cleric to be charged with child sex abuse.AP Photo/Andy Brownbill

A court in Australia recently convicted Cardinal George Pell on charges of molesting two choir boys 20 years ago. Pell is the most senior Vatican official ever to be convicted of such a crime.

The verdict on Pell was announced only days after...

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