In this episode of “Deliver Us” we ask: Is the church still covering up abuse?

There are elements in the trial of Cardinal Pell that do not easily translate to a U.S. context, including a media blackout and the cardinal’s long history with the issues of sexual abuse and cover-up.

“I think the fact that she’s a Catholic and still pushed this investigation forward shows that she did it at great cost.”

To live in the real, to reject illusion is to set our face toward growth and toward God.

The church rules insist that the priest provide economic support for the children, he said, but they also recognize that the duties and responsibilities of fatherhood go beyond that to include affection and education, especially in the first years of the child's life.