"The whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me." Then, last July, Victoria police confirmed that Pell himself was being investigated on suspicion of child sexual abuse. GLOBAL SCANDALChurch sexual abuse broke into the open in 2002, when it was discovered that U.S. bishops in the Boston area had simply moved abusers to new posts instead of defrocking them. Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston moved to Rome after a sexual abuse scandal erupted in his diocese, and has been living in the Italian capital for more than 15 years. ALSO READ | Vatican stunned: Pope Francis aide charged with sexual assault in AustraliaALSO READ | On Good Friday, Pope Francis expresses 'shame' for scandals related to Catholic ChurchALSO WATCH |Women wearing jeans, T-shirts should be drowned, says Kerala catholic priest in sermon

Source: India Today June 29, 2017 09:33 UTC