AUSTRALIA
Daily Telegraph
CLERGY sex abuse victims have released a “dirty dozen” list of potential papal candidates – including Australia’s Cardinal George Pell – and are urging the Catholic Church to “get serious” about protecting children, helping victims and exposing corruption.
“We want to urge Catholic prelates to stop pretending that the worst is over regarding the clergy sex abuse and cover-up crisis,” said David Clohessy, director of the US-based Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP.
“Tragically, the worst is almost certainly ahead,” he said, adding that the truth of “widespread, longstanding and deeply-rooted” abuse and cover-ups has “yet to surface in most nations”.
The organisation cited a dozen cardinals from the US, Mexico, Honduras, Italy, Australia, Czech Republic, Canada, Argentina and Ghana accused of protecting pedophile priests and making offensive public statements.
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