George Pell. Prison Journal. The Cardinal makes his appeal, v.1.

Abstract

As a visible institution, the Church is not only called to govern a spiritual society on this earth, but also to offer her guidance to temporal society. Throughout her history she has been the object of reproach and vituperation. This vitriol has only increased in the more recent decades with the publication of unsubstantiated and unfounded accusations against her. One of the most recent and spectacular incidents was the March 13, 2019, condemnation of George Cardinal Pell in an Australian court of law for the supposed perpetration of lewd and lascivious acts upon a minor and he was condemned to six years in prison. Although this is not the first time in history that the Catholic Church has confronted such animosity, at the dawn of the 21st century, it emerges as the onset of religious persecution. [...]