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Cardinal Pell Acquires Top Lawyer

Catholic League President Bill Donohue comments on the latest round of attacks on Cardinal George Pell: Cardinal George Pell has acquired the services of one of the most respected lawyers in Australia …More
Catholic League President Bill Donohue comments on the latest round of attacks on Cardinal George Pell:
Cardinal George Pell has acquired the services of one of the most respected lawyers in Australia, Robert “The Red Baron” Richter. One prominent lawyer from Melbourne called him “the Rolls Royce of criminal defense lawyers.” We are delighted to learn of this development, though many others are clearly chagrined.
From reading the accounts of various professional victims’ attorneys, it is clear that some believe Pell is guilty until proven innocent. Others think he does not deserve first-class defense lawyers, while others question the motive of Church officials who are coming to his defense, including Pope Francis.
Due process and basic civil liberties are at stake, but given the hysteria in some quarters of the media, it is not surprising that Pell is being treated unfairly, to say the least. Moreover, some are using his case to make a larger point: The institutional Church is guilty …More
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@Bottega: Your quotation is appropriate, only it has nothing to do with Cardinal Pell. What happens to him is a terrible crime against a man of the Church whose reputations was smeared by those who hate the Church.
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For this cause, God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature. God delivered them up. . .Not by being author of their sins, but by withdrawing his grace, and so permitting them, in punishment of their pride, to fall into those shameful sins.
And, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have …More
For this cause, God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature. God delivered them up. . .Not by being author of their sins, but by withdrawing his grace, and so permitting them, in punishment of their pride, to fall into those shameful sins.
And, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have burned in their lusts, one towards another: men with men, working that which is filthy and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error. Rom 1,26