George Pell royal commission findings to be tabled in Federal Parliament

Royal commission finds Cardinal George Pell should have done more to remove paedophile priest

Cardinal George Pell should have advised senior Catholic authorities to remove a paedophile priest in 1989, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has found.

Key points:

The royal commission’s final reports were redacted in 2017, but have now been released in full The commission found Cardinal Pell should have urged his superiors to remove paedophile priest Peter Searson in 1989 It also found he was aware of child abuse by clergy by 1973, and considered ways to prevent “gossip” about it

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Yes, we know. Pell knew this was going for decades but didn’t do enough about it because he feared damage to the CC’s reputation, and put this concern ahead of the safety of children.

Tau.Neutrino said:

George Pell royal commission findings to be tabled in Federal Parliament

Royal commission finds Cardinal George Pell should have done more to remove paedophile priest

Cardinal George Pell should have advised senior Catholic authorities to remove a paedophile priest in 1989, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has found.

Key points:

The royal commission’s final reports were redacted in 2017, but have now been released in full The commission found Cardinal Pell should have urged his superiors to remove paedophile priest Peter Searson in 1989 It also found he was aware of child abuse by clergy by 1973, and considered ways to prevent “gossip” about it

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Well what a coincidence. They’re going on about this right this very minute on the electric radio. Spooky.

The hidden findings on George Pell are now clear: he could have protected children from abuse. He didn’t

For two and a half years the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse’s verdict on Pell has been like buried ordnance, exploding only now

This is the portrait of a deceitful man.

We have waited over two and a half years but now we can read the unflinching verdict reached by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse on Cardinal George Pell.

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