There's a story out tonight that Cardinal Pell has been formally charged in multiple sex abuse cases in Australia.  I can't help but wonder if the pope's having  new Cardinal, who was questioned in a financial brouhaha, might have been an attempt to somehow protect this new Cardinal.  I'm guessing (hoping?) ncr will report on this tomorrow, so perhaps comment n that specific matter should wait til then. 

In the context of THIS article however, I'd note that if Francis is telling his new cardinals to look at the situations of Catholics in their care, and serve them as brothers.  I would suggest that a significant part of those "situations" include having a church leadership you don't trust, that clearly believes half do you cant be what they are, and that continue to act in a manner that completely rejects personal accountability for themselves, even as your kids were at risk is sxual abuse...  Like it or not, that IS a part of the Catholic situation today...