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Clergy abuse survivors hit out at moves to ban protests outside Australian places of worship

Clergy Abuse Survivors Respond Title: Clergy abuse survivors hit out at moves to ban protests outside Australian places of worship Authors: Christopher Knaus & Mostafa Rachwani Publisher: The Guardian Australia Date: 13DEC2014 Survivors of clergy abuse have expressed deep concern at proposals to ban protests outside places of worship, with lawyer John Ellis saying a blanket

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How George Pell failed child sex abuse victims: the full findings of the royal commission report

George Pell Failed Children Title: How George Pell failed child sex abuse victims: the full findings of the royal commission report Author: Timothy W. Jones, Latrobe University Publisher: The Conversation Date: 17MAY2020 Significant sections of the final report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse were released today. When the report

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Opinion

What if the Vatican actually goes broke?

What if Vatican Goes Broke Title: What if the Vatican actually goes broke? Author: Ed Condon Publisher: The Pillar Catholic Date: 16FEB2024 The Holy See is, by its own accounting, in serious financial straits. While some curial asset managers have begun to show modest-to-moderate returns in recent years, donations remain down and the Vatican is

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Catholic church loses high court bid to prevent father of George Pell accuser suing for damages

George Pell Accuser’s Father Title: Catholic church loses high court bid to prevent father of George Pell accuser suing for damages Author: Emily Woods Publisher: Guardian Australia/AAP Date: 08FEB2024 Australia’s highest court has rejected the Catholic church’s bid to avoid paying damages to the father of a choirboy allegedly sexually abused by Cardinal George Pell.

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Blog

Cardinal Pell – Looking Back

Cardinal Pell Looking Back Title: Cardinal Pell – Looking Back Author: Bishop Pat Buckley Publisher: Bishop Pat Buckley blog Date: 18JAN2023 GEORGE PELL HAS BEEN AND WILL ALWAYS BE CONTROVERSIAL.The decision to have him lie in state in the Cathedral in Sydney, have a Mass attended by thousands, and then buried in the Cathedral crypt

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Pell’s posthumous complaints have diminished his legacy

Pell Catastrophically Failed Children Title: Pell’s posthumous complaints have diminished his legacy Author: Michael Sean Winters Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date: 18JAN2023 Not since King Hamlet appeared to Bernardo, Marcellus and Horatio on the battlements of Elsinore Castle has a ghost caused so much trouble. The late Cardinal George Pell, speaking posthumously by means of

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Pell’s ‘catastrophe’ memorandum stains his legacy

Pell Stabs Pope in Back Title: Pell’s ‘catastrophe’ memorandum stains his legacy Author: Thomas Reese Publisher: RNS Date: 17JAN2023 Pell was cowardly and disloyal in authoring an anonymous memorandum attacking Pope Francis. (RNS) — I always tried to give Cardinal George Pell the benefit of the doubt, which is why it is so disappointing to

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George Pell could have helped. He made it worse.

George Pell is no saint Title: George Pell could have helped. He made it worse. Podcast Presenter: Ruby Jones Podcast Guest: Lucie Morris-Marr Publisher: 7am Schwartz Media Date: 18JAN2023 George Pell’s body is returning to Australia after last weekend’s funeral service in the Vatican. He will be interred in the crypts below St Mary’s Cathedral

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Sexual abuse victims know the truth. George Pell allowed lives to be destroyed to protect himself and the Catholic church

Chrissie Foster George Pell Title: Sexual abuse victims know the truth. George Pell allowed lives to be destroyed to protect himself and the Catholic church Author: Chrissie Foster Publisher: The Guardian Date: 16JAN2023 Suppression of the truth comes from the Catholic church’s canon law. There is no exposing of hierarchy. To be a sexual assault

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