‘Naked to mine enemies’: Cardinal George Pell and the media

In 2019 Cardinal George Pell, an important Vatican official and Australia’s most prominent Catholic cleric, was convicted of sexually abusing two choirboys in the sacristy of the Melbourne cathedral in the late 1990s. There was only one witness, the complainant. Pell spent more than 400 days in jail...

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Главный автор: Cook, Michael (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Taylor & Francis 2021
В: Church, Communication and Culture
Год: 2021, Том: 6, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 80-98
Индексация IxTheo:KAJ Новейшее время
KBS Австралия
KDB Католическая церковь
NCF Сексуальная этика
SA Церковное право
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Другие ключевые слова:B responsibility of bishops
B sexual abuse scandal
B Criminal law
B Australia
B Cardinal George Pell
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Итог:In 2019 Cardinal George Pell, an important Vatican official and Australia’s most prominent Catholic cleric, was convicted of sexually abusing two choirboys in the sacristy of the Melbourne cathedral in the late 1990s. There was only one witness, the complainant. Pell spent more than 400 days in jail before he was exonerated in April 2020 after appealing to the High Court. Before, during and after the legal process most of the print and broadcast media were fiercely hostile to the Cardinal. This was due in part to Pell’s forthright personality and to his conservatism on moral issues. But he also represented the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in the midst of its crisis over sexual abuse. His public defenders were few. The clergy, by and large, refrained from commenting on the issue.
ISSN:2375-3242
Reference:Errata "Correction (2021)"
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Church, Communication and Culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/23753234.2021.1882317