My Indignation: Catholic Church

Some days ago, we learned that the Australian cardinal and finance chief of the Vatican, George Pell, is being accused by the Australian Justice for sexual crimes against minors from 1996 to 2001.

Again, we see how the Catholic Church is involved in cases of sexual abuse and again, we see how the highest religious authority, the Pope, keep silent.

But George Pell is not any man in the church. His role as treasurer makes him the third most powerful man in the Vatican. In addition, he was one of the candidates to succeed Pope Benedict XVI, after his resignation.

This accusation it wouldn’t be the first time that he is linked with cases of pederasty. In 2002 he was accused of having sex with minors in the 1960’s. And, as the Vatican's number three, he did deaf ear to allegations, that have been increased since last decade, against church officials.

But, before all this, the most important man in the Catholic religion, who would oversee "clean and transform the church" from within, He hasn’t only supported Pell, but once more he has kept quiet.

The position of the Catholic Church is no more than a “slap” to its faithful and, especially, to the victims of abuse that at some point in their lives believed in the church as an institution.