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The commission, the highest form of investigation in Australia, urged government action on its 189 recommendations, including the establishment of a new National Office for Child Safety and penalties for those who suspect abuse and fail to alert the police, including priests who hear about abuse in confessionals. It also urged Australia’s Roman Catholic leadership to press Rome to end mandatory celibacy for priests.
Pell has been charged, but what sentence will he receive if convicted and how much of that sentence will he actually serve?
Too often the public is satisfied with charges filed and are not even aware that those charges are often dropped later or that abusers often wind up receiving no meaningful punishment even when convicted.
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Factfinder2 ago
Pell has been charged, but what sentence will he receive if convicted and how much of that sentence will he actually serve?
Too often the public is satisfied with charges filed and are not even aware that those charges are often dropped later or that abusers often wind up receiving no meaningful punishment even when convicted.
You're right--we must keep the pressure on.