In Australia, Catholic Church’s Bank Is Full, but Pews Are Empty – The New York Times

SYDNEY, Australia — Despite a series of sexual abuse scandals stretching back decades, Australia’s Roman Catholic Church displays a veneer of strength.Across Australia, more Catholic parishes have stayed open than in other countries that have weathered abuse scandals, and Catholic schools are still filled with children — owing largely to the financial and legal savvy of Australia’s most prominent cleric, Cardinal George Pell.But it’s not the bank accounts that are empty in the Australian church; it’s the pews.

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