Pell has always asserted authority by a bullying silence.

That silence was never accepted by his fellow bishops in Australia. Until Pell the head of the Conference of Bishops in Australia had been the Archbishop of Sydney. When Pell became the Archbishop tradition was overthrown and Pell was never elected.

Before being Archbishop of Sydney Pell set up a sexual abuse office in Melbourne that seemed to have as its' main aim - to keep abuse matters away from secular scrutiny. 

One of the main problems with the abuse office that Pell set up was that it dealt with abuse one perpetrator at a time. That approach meant that paedophile rings were not discovered nor Church hierarchy that could be hiding these rings.

The news of Pell being charged has been told as the local Church is in shock. The truth is that many Churchmen are celebrating that finally the Church might be cleansed and all the pointments he has made in Australia can be re-examined.