the catholic church with reports painting a grim picture of systemic proportions implying that even high ranking church officials are complicit will take francis take the fight against abuse personally and break the system what are the roots of this plague that's eating away at the church now will transform the global catholic. palmo warman survivor and fighter against sexual abuse welcome to the show it's great to have you with us today so you have been complaining for accountability of clerical child abuse for more than 20 years what kind of change have you made over this time what are your successes. well i think our gracious success has been finally exposing the fact not just that the abuses happened on us on the scale that we've been talking about for many years but that it's endemic within the roman catholic church that it's systemic. and that the cover up of abuse by church authorities was a willful intended program that was designed to protect the institution its power and its money and that it was operated and directed by the vatican at the global level and that it's been a glob

you ponder upon you think why the all this sex abuse and sex scandals are within the catholic church maybe being celibate is not something that is required for a precise by the bible right now it's not required for critique orthodox church for my priest has like 8 kids so other christian churches do not require celibacy from priests the orthodox church like i said even encourages priests to have families at some point the roman phrase could marry as well if i remember correctly so maybe if . it isn't something that is set in stone could it be overturned do you think that could partially help the problem could the pope say one day enough of this and go and find wives would that maybe help get rid of this problem but a couple of quick things i mean 1st of all we know about what's happening within the roman catholic church i think in part because of its size and scale and its global influence the fact that we've been able to expose much of what's happening right across the roman catholic world that's become a huge and significant issue but i should say that as a as a therapist i've worke

absolute monarch on the planet he is an absolute monarchy is the supreme pontiff of the roman catholic church under church t.c. teaching he is the representative of st peter of god on earth he has that kind of power he has an entire judicial system available to him he has the mecca mechanisms of a state of washington city state its laws its police force its criminal justice process he has the own questioning loyalty of many many many billions of catholics are millions of catholics around the world he is an incredibly powerful individual with woman works with the stroke of a pen he can change much of church law when it comes to how these issues are to be addressed he has not done so and he's not the 1st pope to summon bishops to rome after revelations of scandals are revealed and those huge public outrage pope benedict or the pope john paul the 2nd did us and these summits amount to an awful lot of pictures of people looking solemn and very little change and as for the suggestion that we can now believe that there's less of us will based on what evidence the church doesn't reveal the number of

but despite swirling accusations his stock continued to rise in the catholic church he became one of the vatican's most senior cotton mills and even now the church has not to frank's pal he's always denied the allegations against him and may yes appeal today's verdict but tells conviction house rocks the catholic church he won't be eligible for parole until october 2022. why. the british prime minister boris johnson is coming to berlin today to try to persuade house for all america to reopen bricks and go suggestions is calling for the so-called backstop of the border to be scrapped but so far your leaders have rejected those calls the backstop is will remind you an insurance policy to avoid a hard border between northern ireland which is part of britain and the republic of ireland but it would involve northern ireland remaining in the e.u. customs union was johnson says would be a violation of british sovereignty. scholz reports from bell's belfast so many people on the island of ireland fear johnson's insistence of getting rid of the backstop could reignite the conflict known as the

but despite swirling accusations his star continued to rise in the catholic church he became one of the vatican's most senior cardinals and even now the church has not defrocked pal he's always denied the allegations against him and may yes appeal today's verdict but pell's conviction house rocks the catholic church he won't be eligible for parole until october 2022. for more on this we're bringing in roger maynard he's a journalist based in the 70s been following the story for us for a while now good morning roger how did pelle respond in the court room to the decision as it was handed down well hello earth sat in the door is black suit. clerical collar on when the decision and so was handed down he found his head slightly but was otherwise unmoved by the decision. about our laser as though it was let out at the top of the fool judgment was handed down and now is back in prison in mobile. roger the catholic church launched its own investigation into the pell case in a very late stage february of this year our church leaders coming under scrutiny for failing to accept. well certainly th

london thank you very much for talking to us so the catholic church as a whole over a long period of time sustained huge reputational damage how do you suggest that the church responds to the upholding of the sentencing of cardinal pell as well as other cases of child sexual abuse. well of course the abuse scandal has been terrible and it has been exposed to be incomplete mismanaged for many years and victims set aside so i think we have made a lot of progress in that personally i'm disappointed with this judgement because i think he's innocent and he maintains his innocence and many people in australia i've spoken to even enemies of pelicans think he's guilty and he's being vetted so i just going to do with that ok that me can have an opinion here we go you know through the legal process and that's a real going to be not allowed. yes i think yes i respect that and i hope he goes to the high court and shows that what he's accused of force impossible but anyway in terms of the more general point i think that the you know in any case it seems people have said that he's been made the sc

but despite swirling accusations his star continued to rise in the catholic church he became one of the vatican's most senior cardinals and even now the church has not defrocked pal he's always denied the allegations against him and may yes appeal today's verdict but pell's conviction house rocks the catholic church he won't be eligible for parole until october 2022. right now every photogenic in sydney about people's reaction to the catholic church is real and in the case there's a lot of antagonism towards the catholic church particularly here in australia we saw a lot of the 6 you'll be survivors and the supporters both in court and out of court today andy when the judgment was handed down there was a a rule from outside the court among the supporters which could be heard within the of the court room itself such was the the the approval of the the judgment that was being handed down but certainly as there is a lot of. money as i suppose about what's been going on in the began to leave judge over the years have been canvassing good areas here about the number of 16 abuse victims and t

you are an advocate for other victims of the catholic church sexual abuse within the catholic church.is law means to you? >> that's an incredible law, incredible step forward. i was thankful to be in albany last year when the assembly and the senate passed the historic on my birthday. i got to witness the joy on my friend's face as it passed. >> when you go on tv, you talk to people it motivates those who had similar experience to yours and actually do something about it. this is bigger than so many instances because now people have a real opportunity to file a real lawsuit and they don't have to jump through the same suits they would have to if the statue of limitations expired. >> the communities within the state of new york. all the cases being filed will have discovery cases. we'll find out how many jeffery epsteins there are and how many boy scouts or coaches or parents or doctors? this is just the steps in filing of the discovery phase of this suit and law is really what it is going to protect children throughout new york. >> to that point though, jennifer, how difficult will th

roger the catholic church launched its own investigation into the pell case in a very late stage february of this year our church leaders coming under scrutiny for failing to accept or. well certainly there's a lot of antagonism towards the catholic church particularly here in australia we saw a lot of the 6 you'll be survivors and the supporters both in court and out of court today andy when the judgment was handed down there was a a rule from outside the court among the supporters which could be heard within the of the court room itself you such was the the the approval of the the judgment that was being handed down but certainly as there is a lot of up on me as i suppose about what's been going on in the began to be a judge over the years they've been canvassing good areas here about the number of 6 interviews victims and they will their voice heard in fact the the father of one of the victims a name to this people will case who thinks delight and he said it was the right decision the pill should remain behind bars and stay there for the rest of this life of necessary and never be allo

a lot of my friends that i grew up with catholic are now nuns, you know. n-o-n-e-s they don't go to church and consider themselves catholic, you know. and we know from statistics from studies that the main reason that young people are leaving the church is some of the harder teachings of the church but i think that is not something that can't be overcome. we can overcome that. what we need to do is be training ourselves, our youth ministries and young adult leaders to be more comfortable talking about the teachings of the church in a loving way. right? it always has to be with love. so if we can really speak the truth in a compelling way with love, i think that we can -- i think that we can work on that. >> there is a large demographic of intellectually adapt people. everybody has a college degree now. and i think you can make intellectual arguments. bishop bar often has his videos in ministry, are there others that are specific at young adults. >> father smith has videos. i use them in the classroom to bring up the conversation now especially with middle schoolers so we can have these con

judicial process and it is his right to appeal to the high court but survivors advocates say the catholic church needs to prove its taking clergy abuse seriously. you think of all the children who were abused who had crimes committed on the main catholic speeches and children's homes and think. they were in the name of god just in the i'll never get the dying for he is going to rot in a cell he will then rot in hell and i cite farewell pal. pal won't be eligible for parole until 2022 when he's 81. brian al-jazeera the u.s. envoy to north korea says his country is prepared to resume nuclear talks visiting south korea stephen begum said they're just waiting to hear from north korea discussions of stalled since president trump's failed summit with kim jong un in vietnam last february right has more from seoul. this visit by the u.s. special envoy on north korean affairs steven vega comes after a spate of weapons testing by north korea over the past month or so involving amongst other things short range ballistic missiles which is largely been seen as north korea's frustration at the lack of progres

but despite swirling accusations his star continued to rise in the catholic church he became one of the vatican's most senior cardinals and even now the church has not defrocked pal he's always denied the allegations against him and may yes appeal today's verdict but pell's conviction has rocked the catholic church he won't be eligible for parole until october 2022. and says to come. look closely what does this remind you often we explain why this is driving the muse when park in germany has been grounded for the time being. but 1st indonesia has deployed more than 1000 security personnel to contain a 3rd day of violent protests into office provinces rest for poor and pup poor in indonesia is east and both are home to a long running separatist movement now a powerful and see indonesia illegally onix the territory in the 1960 s. tensions flared again last week when 40 papuan a student allegedly racially abused by police that set the stage for the next on wrist. the 3rd straight day of clashes between indonesian police and protesters in west papua more than a 1000 security personnel have

but despite swirling accusations his star continued to rise in the catholic church he became one of the vatican's most senior cardinals and even now the church has not defrocked pal he's always denied the allegations against him and may yet appeal today's verdict but tells conviction house rocks the catholic church he won't be eligible for parole until october 2022. still to come monday down the union is not look closely down district mind you anything we explain why this riot in amusement park in germany has been grounded. president donald trump is canceled an official state visit to denmark because the danish prime minister refused to talk about selling greenland the u.s. going the proposal absurd agreement is autonomy and belongs to denmark it's the biggest island in the was its government has said greenland is not for sale. canceled by a tweet all the plans were in place here in copenhagen for a state visit by the u.s. president but then donald trump announced on twitter he's not coming after all denmark is a very special country with incredible people he tweeted but if the danish p

. >> martha: a prominent catholic cardinals we can get exclusively about the church and 2020 candidatesim to be, in his words, followers of christ. he's got a big message for joe biden when we come back. >> i've had non-catholic leaders told me they were certain on the catholic church's teaching of abortion and so-called same marriages and so forth change because so many catholics on capitol hill are readily supporting this kind of legislation. that's a scandal. what about him? let's do it. [ sniffing ] come on. this summer, add a new member to the family. hurry into the mercedes-benz summer event today for exceptional offers. lease the glc 300 suv for just $419 a month at the mercedes-benz summer event. going on now. >> martha: if you want to win, you've got to win over the catholics. president obama won 54% in '08 and 50% in 2012. 2012 for more catholics won over then donald trump or hillary clinton. tonight, the most powerful american in the catholic church, former vatican supreme court chief justice cardinal raymond burke, who famously said he would deny communion to john kerry in '

the catholic church. my dad was an aerospace engineer so he worked on the early apollo mission and talked often about young girls, my sister and i about bringingis women mathematicians on his team because it made his technical team better. when we could seek my parents wouldn't put us all through college, my parents started real estate investment business and by mom read it during the day and we worked on it at night and weekends. i learned from them so many things about how a young woman could be in the world and that could be anything i wanted. >> one person is not here today but still very present in our work is bill gates senior who you shared in the book that in the 1940s, he wrote his thesis on the future world which he saw as having men and women having absolute equal rights and positions throughout. >> he was a young man when he wrote that. we were marveling at that today. he hashan always been for wome. that's something i really admire. >> i'm sad that as far away as they are, there were many tim

another wave of 6 you do sound a geisha and has hit the catholic church with reports painting a grim picture of systemic proportions implying that even high ranking church officials are complicit will pope francis take the fight against abuse personally and be able to break the system what are the roots of this plague that's easy no way of the church and how will it transform the global catholic. palmo gorman survivor and fighter against sexual abuse welcome to the show it's great to have you with us today so you have been complaining for accountability of clerical child abuse for more than 20 years what kind of change have you made over this time what are your successes well i think our gracious success has been finally exposing the fact not just that the abuses happened on us on the scale that we've been talking about for many years but that it's endemic within the roman catholic church that it's systemic. and the coverup of abuse by church authorities was a willful intended program that was designed to protect the institution its power and its money and that it was operated and dir

there were four black churches, nine catholic churches, the polish one, the czech one, the italians. zech one, the italians. there were four black churches, nine catholic churches, the polish one, the czech one, the italians. then there were the protestants. there were two or three of them. on sundays, we went to our specific ethnic things, but otherwise, it was fully exchanged. but to answer the question about the feeling, it was very much then there were the protestants. there were two or three of them. on sundays, we went to our specific ethnic things, but otherwise, it was fully exchanged. but to answer the question about the feeling, it was very much family oriented, because it was such a family of storytelling and singing that it was inescapable. it was participatory — that is to say, as a child, i had to re—tell those stories to other adults. the same story over and over again, but i was allowed to edit it, me and my sister. you could change it a little bit. you could recite it a little bit. but you were very much involved in that process of telling these stories that were pret

but survivors advocates say the catholic church needs to prove its taking clergy abuse seriously. you think of all the children who were abused who had crimes committed on the main catholic golf teaches and children times and think. they will they may be digested never get the dying for he is going to rot in a cell he will then rot in hell and eyesight farewell pal. pal won't be eligible for parole until 2022 when he's 81. brian al jazeera. a paramilitary group in iraq has blamed the u.s. and israel for a blast at its weapons depo north of baghdad on tuesday iraq's popular mobilisation forces accuse the us of allowing for israeli drones to enter the region and says the drones accompany the u.s. forces and carried out missions on iraqi territory the u.n. special envoy to yemen martin griffiths as arrived in sanaa which is controlled by the rebels on tuesday group has told the u.n. security council but yemen was a risk of falling apart if an agreement to end the conflict was not found urgently . elsewhere in yemen protesters have been out on the streets of thais in the southwest show

they are going to get the catholic church! don't let them do this again!eporter: the case against pell dates to the mid-1990's. but despite swirling accusations, his star continued toto rise in the catatholic chu. he became one of the vatican's most senior cardinals. even now, the church has not defrocked pell. he has always denied the allegations against him, and may appeal today's verdict. pell butpell -- but pell's conviction has rocked to the catholic church. he will not be eligible for parole until october 2022. sumi: you are watching "dw news ." still to come on our show, what does this remind you of? we will tell you why this ride at a german amusement park has been grounded. but first, u.s. president donald trump has canceled a state visit to denmark because the danish prime minister refuses to talk about sailing greenland to the u.s., describing the proposal as absurd. greenland is an autonomous territory that belongs to denmark. it is the biggest island in the world. its government has said that greenland is not for sale. reporter: canceled by a

but despite swirling accusations his star continued to rise in the catholic church he became one of the vatican's most senior cardinals and even now the church has not defrocked pal he's always denied the allegations against him and may yes appeal today's verdict but pell's conviction house rocks the catholic church he won't be eligible for parole until october 2022. why right. now the nazi symbols the swastika is banned here in germany but sometimes it crops up unintentionally for example in the case of an amusement park in the black forest . as it starts up this ride called the eagles flight looks on assuming enough once the eagles take to the year they seem to form a sinister shape few seem to notice at the park until the video of the eagles made it online now the park's owner is repentant so there's a minority job possible i would like to emphasize that i apologize in every way i come along to anyone who feels disturbed and insulted by it is often. visitors to the tasmanian park seem to take it in their stride but fox is not the only show and you wonder how you can develop some side

do you expect to see scores of lawsuits around the catholic church? dult who says 40 years ago this happened to me? >> i do. we heard so much backlash. i was raised roman catholic. i'm not as religious as my parents were. i don't go to church every sunday. i did not get married in a church. those are very intentional things i have done. it is disappointing to be brought up in a faith that has just really betrayed so many people and ruined lives. one of the things i find to be really upsetting is that the catholic church, specifically cardinal dolan, i think has been in the past year $2.1 million on lobbying efforts to kill this bill. these are the lives of human beings will stop when you stand on the pulpit and preach the gospel on the word of god, you speak about things that are trying to protect individuals. you preach about love. that is the antithesis of love. institutions like the catholic church that have found it very hard to be authentic and truthful are going to have to face their day in court. whatever the ramifications of that are, they are

judicial process and it is his right to appeal to the high court but survive his advocates say the catholic church needs to prove its taking clergy abuse seriously. you think of all the children who were abused who had crimes committed on the main catholic all features and children's homes and think. they want the name of god just in the i'll never get the dying for he is going to rot in a cell he will then rot in hell and i cite farewell pal. pal won't be eligible for parole until 2022 when he's 81. brian al jazeera. blair 0 is from the group catholic voices which represents the church in the media he believes cardinal pell is innocent but also says the church must do more to stop sex abuse. we all want the same for this abuse to stop for for the for the perpetrators to be punished and for victims to be recompensed and and there has been a lot of progress so i think rules have been put in the usa in 2002 in the u.k. in 2001 that have recently stopped the contemporary abuse or whatever it happens it means that it is dealt with immediately improperly but we're dealing with decades of historical abu

the catholic church in latin america is characterised by activism. eard of liberation theology. that has been very influential they are. and priests and others in the church have spoken up and others in the church have spoken upa lot and others in the church have spoken up a lot about what has been happening in the amazon. in fact, pope francis has called the synod of bishops from the amazon for october, they will gather in rome. ecology is one of the key things they will be talking about. this has been going on for years. there was an american nun who was a big activist in the amazon. she spoke out about logging and about people setting fire to parts of the forest, and was effectively assassinated. the catholic church is now seeking to have her made a saint. she will be the first, i think, environmental marketer. that will raise the profile of this issue. in terms of the g7 is an institution, it's not very institution, itsjust the g7 is an institution, it's not very institution, its just a gathering of leaders, but nonetheless it is regarded as symbo

what is the one word you would use to describe the catholic church today, a year later since the grandy report? >> corrupt, morally corrupt. >> reporter: catholic clergy abuse survivor sean docherty has fought for reform in pennsylvania where he was sexual abused when he was 10 and where one year ago the catholic church grand jury report was released. over the 12 months, we travelled with docherty to roam for the vatican sexual abuse and we were there when he confronted this former priest he says molested him. >> i'm certainly sorry for my harm i've caused and ashamed of anything i did back then. >> reporter: docherty says he won't stop fighting for change in pennsylvania, where victims must file civil lawsuits by age 30. a year ago you said the statute of limitations is reabusing me. is that still the case? >> sure. we're going to see people here in new york file. i still don't have that opportunity. >> this is a photo of my first communion on the steps of st. anthony's. >> reporter: but larney does have the opportunity, and for that he says he is grateful. what do you hope the outcom

this began about the catholic church, didn't it? >> yes.en put into action for over 12 years. people pressing the legislation to relax the statute of limitations. it was passed into law in february of 2019. now as we just talked about or as we just said, the courts will be flooded with suits about the catholic church, universities and we're going to see probably large pay-outs by institutions that otherwise do good. >> shepard: why did this happen? it's a big change in the law. >> if you speak to crime victim advocates or mental health professionals, they'll tell you it talks until age 52 for a victim to be ready to speak out about their accuser. what we need to focus on is in terms of criminal actions, you only have until age 28 under this law. so if you allege that you were the victim of a sex crime, the prosecution can only bring the case until that victim turns age 28. >> i would guess that there's some institutions that are concerned about their viability in the face of this. >> that brings up the issue, these are so distant in time. h

the catholic church in latin america is characterised by activism. f liberation theology. that has been very influential they are. and priests and others in the church have spoken up a lot about what has been happening in the amazon. in fact, pope francis has called the synod of bishops from the amazon for october, they will gather in rome. ecology is one of the key things they will be talking about. this has been going on for years. there was an american nun who was a big activist in the amazon. she spoke out about logging and about people setting fire to parts of the forest, and was effectively assassinated. the catholic church is now seeking to have her made a saint. she will be the first, i think, environmental marketer. that will raise the profile of this issue. in terms of the g7 is an institution, it's not very institution, its just a gathering of leaders, but nonetheless it is regarded as symbolic. is that symbolism out of date? when you think about economies as large as brazil or obviously china, not being around the table. i'm afraid it is g

and i really learned the mission of social justice from the catholic church. my parents both believed in the catholic are church, but when they disagreed with it, they actually would petition the catholic church. my dad was an aerospace engineer. he actually worked on that ail apollo mission -- early apollo mission, and he talked to my sister and i about having, bringing women, mathematicians on to his team because it made his technical teams better. and when we could see as four kids that hi planter -- my parents, his engineer if's salary wouldn't put us all through college, they started a real estate investment business, and my mom ran it through the day, and we as kids and my dad worked on it on the nights and on the weekend. so i really learned about how a young woman could be in the world and that i could be anything i wanted to be, and that was a very fortunate message to have. >> that's good. one person who's not here today but is still very present in all of our work bill gates sr. who you share in the book that in the 1940s he wrote his thesis on the f

what has the catholic church had to say in light of all this?uing to provide pastoral care for george pell. we heard from the australian prime minister scott morrison saying that his reaction to this case is that his reaction to this case is that he was thinking of victims of abuse in australia each and every day. there is speculation that cardinal george pell could be stripped of one of australia's highest civic honours. so the punishment, if you like, or the ramifications of what george pell did here in the city of melbourne more than 20 years ago, they might not be over. but as far as the broader catholic community is concerned they have well and truly been damaged by what george pell has done, and now the catholic church, of course, has to try to repair the damage to its reputation. phil, thank you very much indeed. phil mercer live in melbourne. a fundraising page set up for the family of pc andrew harper has raised nearly £250,000. pc harper was killed whilst attending reports of a burglary in berkshire on thursday. a man accused of his mu

survivors advocates say the catholic church still needs to prove its taking clergy abuse seriously. crimes committed. in children's homes and. pal maintains his innocence and can still appeal to the high court he is going to. rot in hell and. he want to be eligible for parole until 2022 when he's 81. al-jazeera the u.s. envoy to north korea says his country is prepared to resume nuclear talks was it in south korea stephen beacon said that just waiting to hear from north korea discussions have been stalled since the u.s. president donald trump's failed summit with kim in. february has more from seoul. this visit by the u.s. special envoy on north korean affairs steven vega comes after a spate of weapons testing by north korea over the past month or so involving amongst other things short range ballistic missiles which is largely been seen as north korea's frustration at the lack of progress in talks with the united states north korea of course still demanding that there be some early sanctions relief or giving up parts of its nuclear arsenal but it also is seen as north korea's anger

the glory for us to survive as advocates say the catholic church still needs to prove its taking clergy abuse seriously. who are abused. crimes committed on the beaches and children's homes and. they will. never get the. pal maintains his innocence and can still appeal to the high court he is going to rot in a cell he will then rot in hell and offsite farewell. he won't be eligible for parole until 2022 when he's 81. brian al jazeera. their professors in hong kong and started to gather in front of the british consulate to appeal for the release of a man detained in mainland china earlier china's foreign ministry confirmed that simon chiang who's an employee of the u.k. consulate is in custody saying he's violated the law the ministry added that he'll spend 15 days in what they call administrative detention chain went missing when he failed to return from a business trip on august the 9th to the city of shenzhen the u.k. says it's extremely concerned that's go live to beijing now our correspondent there is scott. and scott so give us the details and as to what administrative detention is

but survivors advocates say the catholic church needs to prove its taking clergy abuse seriously. you think of all the children who are. crimes committed on the mean beaches and children's homes anything. they want just to get the dying for he is going to rot in a cell he will then rot in hell and fare well. pal won't be eligible for parole until 2022 when he's 81. brian al-jazeera. plenty more still to come for you here on the news hour including a report from the straits of hormuz for a u.k. oil tanker is still being held by iran. refugees migrants embrace the rescue ship finally docks in italy after being stranded at sea for 3 weeks. and thinking outside the box or the shipping containers will become part of the 1st a reusable world cup stadium. the leaders of uganda and rwanda are expected to finalize a new deal aimed at reducing tensions between the 2 countries the agreement is being signed in angola once close allies rwanda's portugal me and uganda 70 i mean accusing each other of espionage and political interference relations of steadily deteriorated rwanda closes border wi

another way to 6 would be to send the geishas has hit the catholic church with reports painting a grimpicture of systemic implying that even high ranking church officials are complicit will take francis take the fight against abuse personally and be able to break the system what are the roots of this plague it's eating away at the church now will transform the global catholic. palmo borman survivor and fighter against sexual abuse welcome to the show it's great to have you with us today so you have been complaining for accountability of clerical child abuse for more than 20 years what kind of change have you made over this time what are your successes well i think our gracious success has been the final exposing the.

financed exclusively through donations and entrance fees neither of a spanish government nor the catholic church provides money for the project. nonetheless each year around $25000000.00 euros are raised to finish how discreation. when he. started the site gratify me the completely unconventionally. he built the church and parts. list part of. jodi was an intuitive architect his ideas often developed and changed. as he worked out he didn't leave behind blueprints for his successors which means a lot of the construction is essentially a guessing game. most will if you will. our goal is to finish the project according to go d's ideas as much as possible if you will and i thought that's why we've got to study the few documents that he left behind in great detail to make his vision into reality without any. local residents have mixed feelings about it the crowds of tourists who come to see the church have changed the neighborhood souvenir shops and kiosks have forced out businesses that serve locals. and there's another thing that worries residents back when the building started the construction sit

the catholic church with reports painting a grim picture of systemic. implying that even high ranking church officials are complicit will pay transfers take the fight against abuse personally and be able to .

th new law also applies to institutions like the boy scouts, schools and the catholic church. the founder of the child abuse advocacy group child usa praised the new law. >> it hands the power to the victims. the average age according to the best science of a victim coming forward about child sex abuse is age 52. >> today also marks one year since a pennsylvanania grand ju report on the catholic church was released. that report revealed more than 1,000 victims were allegedly sexually abused as children by more than 300 priests over seven decades. >>> flights appear to be operating normally at hong kong's airport after demonstrations forced cancellations for two straight days. some protesters are also reportedly apologizing to reporters, paramedics and travelers for the chaos. protests turned violent yesterday as demonstrators once again clashed with riot police. the unrest began more than two months ago, following a now suspended extradition bill. >>> president trump is acknowledging for the first time that american consumers, not china, could be the ones paying the price for

the most senior member of the roman catholic church to be found guilty of sex offenses is lost his appeal against his conviction is cardinal george pell he's a former vatican treasurer he was jailed in march for abusing 2 choir boys in australia 20 years ago is alexy o'brien. arriving at court cardinal george pell was taken in through a door away from the wasting crowds there was no room inside for everyone the court packed with other survivors of abuse by the catholic church and tell supporters. oh oh. 7 i was only inside the house of pale he failed and his 6 year jail term for abusing 2 choir boys when he was a ship of melbourne in the ninety's would stand just as maxwell and i accepted the .

hundreds potentially, against organizations like the catholic church and the boy scouts. at midnight, a new law went into effect allowing child sex abuse victims to file civil suits no matter when the alleged acts happened. and the suits can be filed against not only abusers but the institutions that employed them. i want to bring in correspondent anne thompson, who has been covering this story for us. she joins me now on set. this is a major turning point, ann, for a lot of these survivors. >> it is. in fact, today is the first day that these survivors really feel that they can get justice. because for many child sex abuse survivors, yasmin, when they finally realize what happened to them, it's often decades after the incidents took place. and in new york state, until this new law was passed, if you didn't file your civil lawsuit by the age of 23, that was it. you had no other opportunity. now, with this look-back window, for the next year, anyone who was sexually abused as a child in new york state, no matter when it happened, can file a civil lawsuit. that means surviv

cardinal george pell is the most senior member of the catholic church to be found guilty of child sex offenses after the 12 members of the jury in melbourne believe the word of a victim over that of the former archbishop but lewis that the 78 year old said the jury's verdict was unreasonable and the defense was blocked from showing a video in their closing argument louise milligan who has written a book about the cardinal knows one of his victims this is pain and ignore mostly difficult process for all of the people who made complaints to come forward and to to go through you know being cross-examined at trial about something that happened when they were children. it's stressful and no matter what happens in this appeal in this judgement no one's going to be celebrating pal was a priest in rural australia he rose to become bishop of melbourne and then sydney as australia's may senior catholic he oversaw the church's response to accusations of child abuse by others when a major inquiry was held looking into that he had to defend what many saw as a cover up but it didn't slow his career