many to lose faith in the church. martin let s take a look at the case of cardinal pell he was a close advisor of pope francis so how close is he really to the top i mean there was a bit of a political alliance that had to do with the fact that both came with a very strong reform agenda particularly bell was very concerned with vatican finances and had been very vocal over that about the existence of the vatican bank . and when the pope i mean when friends is going to the pub to see he appointed belled to essentially oversee that operation at the very same time i mean these were not close friends so to say i mean they come from very very different political political corner as well though with somebody that within the context of essentially. got the look church was seen as somewhat of a liberal he still belong to something that was clear to the right of this pope so in a sense it came as a bit of a surprise when the pope actually allowed him to first testify in front of us are
hollywood actresses felicity huffman and lori loughlin they allegedly conspired to falsify records and bribed college officials to influence the admissions process. an australian court has sentenced cardinal george powell a former close advisor to pope francis to six years in prison for child sex abuse the vatican s former finance minister was found guilty of molesting two choir boys twenty years ago he is the most senior catholic cleric to be sentenced for child sex abuse. let s bring in our religious affairs correspondent martin got for more on this story hi mark and as we said most senior member of the clergy to be charged with historical child sex abuse how significant is this is very significant but the story has been very significant from the very moment that the vatican the pope in particular allowed him to return to australia to face charges those were the terms in which it was. back then i mean this as you
very big. gk gestures some of them but at the very same time the fact that we are beginning to see justice investigating church operations is a major the element in the story and i think that if you blinked you would not see it but paying attention to greeley shows a change in the tide ok our religious affairs correspondent martin thank you very much welcome. you re watching news still to come on the program boeing s at seven thirty seven math is banned from much of the world skies after the ethiopian airlines crash but the u.s. still backs the popular will talk to the german government aviation court later on whether the plane should be grounded or not. but first just a few weeks ago india and pakistan came close to a full blown armed conflict after a suicide attack on indian troops in indian controlled kashmir the two countries have been locked in a dispute over this region for decades an armed insurgency has been underway in the
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defrocked former u.s. cardinal theodore mccarrick he had helped draft u.s. church policy against abuse in the early two thousand but mccarrick was himself later found guilty of molestation in two thousand and eighteen chilean bishop han barrios and his entire church leadership resigned police are investigating hundreds of abuse claims in chile along with a major cover up. the case of pope francis harvey because he had initially defended . but the jailing of george pell is perhaps one of the most damaging scandals for the catholic church the seventy seven year old belongs to the pope s inner circle. the pontiff it s under great pressure to address the clergy abuse issue last month he promised that abuses would be brought to justice but the scandals have already cost many to lose faith in the church. martin let s take