RECENT COLUMNS
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Diane Montagna
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David Warren
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Stephen P. White
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H.W. Crocker III
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Randall Smith
NEWS
COMMENTARY
RECENT COLUMNS
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Diane Montagna
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David Warren
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Stephen P. White
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H.W. Crocker III
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Randall Smith
NEWS
COMMENTARY
The Pell acquittal, 1 year later
Fr. Raymond de Souza, NC Register
Thursday, April 15, 2021
In the year since Cardinal Pell’s release, the Vatican has not publicly commented on the status of the investigation. Even his critics in the Vatican believed the charges to be complete fabrications. It is thus assumed that the High Court’s emphatic acquittal was accepted as an adequately thorough investigation of the matter, and it has been quietly closed. But why quietly? Why not a public announcement?