>>4270389 (PB)

Regarding Cardinal Pell conviction in Australia.

https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/cardinal-pell-found-guilty-on-all-counts-of-sex-abuse

Within the article (cap related) are some nuggets regarding Pell's role in Vatican finances. Worth a re-look just for that information.

"Pope Francis restricted Pell's powers without notice in a motu proprio he issued in 2016. And a financial audit by the firm PricewaterhouseCoopers was cut short by the Secretary of State after only four months.

One source who spoke with Pentin complained that the reforms were "dead, over, finished, they've been blocked."

"The corruption continues; it's just better concealed," the inside source added, saying Vatican finances had returned to being as bad as they were before Pell's reforms, and possibly worse."

It seems to me that if Pell did uncover irregularities that threatened Vatican finances, he would absolutely be allowed to be taken down rather than 'protected' like so many others.