Janhoi, I agree Francis has a problem.  It is hard to get convictions after so many decades before a typical case of abuse comes to court.  But, is seeking proof of actual sexual abuse by Pell a way to avoid looking at the very unChristian way Pell treated victims with nary a word from the Vatican?   

 I am not sure that civil criminal courts are the place to weigh the suitability of someone being a priest, much less a bishop or cardinal.  I believe Card. Law, Card O'Brien of Scotland and Card. Pell should have had their red hats taken back and should have been, at a minimum, retired for the way they covered up sexual abuse and the way they treated victims.

Yes.  There is a problem in civil law.  But there is also a problem in the Vatican and in Canon Law that Francis could do something about - the cover up.  The big crime of the cover-up and terribly treatment of victims is so easily ignored while all the attention is on actual sexual abuse charges.  Pell is already guilty enough.