"It's One of the Most Gratifying Things That's Happened in My Career': Tim Minchin Blown Away by the Response to His Scathing Song about Cardinal George Pell

By David Jeans
Daily Mail
March 16, 2016

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3494550/Tim-Minchin-blown-away-response-Cardinal-George-song.html

Comedian and musician Tim Minchin is still overwhelmed one month after he released a satirical song that urged Cardinal George Pell to return to Australia from Rome and face questions by the Royal Commission into child sex abuse.

The song raised enough money and publicity to send the Ballarat survivors of child sex abuse to Rome and watch George Pell answer questions, after he stated he couldn't come to Australia because of illness.

Minchin says the song, 'Come home, Cardinal Pell', was produced in a single day and is one of his greatest achievements.

Tim Minchin's now-famous song raised enough money and publicity to send the Ballarat survivors of child sex abuse to Rome and watch George Pell answer questions, after he stated he couldn't come to Australia because of illness

'It's one of the most gratifying things that's happened in my career': Tim Minchin was blown away by the response to his scathing song about Cardinal George

'Sometimes I look at the song and I think, whoa it's harsh but the letters that I got from survivors and stuff, it's one of the most incredibly moving and gratifying things that happened in my career,' he told The Morning Show.

In the expletive-filled charity single, 'Come Home, Cardinal Pell', Minchin calls Cardinal Pell 'scum' and 'a coward.'

A statement released by Cardinal Pell's office on February 18, claims a lot of 'incorrect information' has surfaced and Cardinal Pell has always 'considered himself [an] ally' to the victims.

In the expletive-filled charity single, 'Come Home, Cardinal Pell', Minchin calls Cardinal Pell 'scum' and 'a coward.'

A statement released by Cardinal Pell's office on February 18, claims a lot of 'incorrect information' has surfaced and Cardinal Pell has always 'considered himself [an] ally' to the victims

The Matilda lyricist said said the controversial song had aired when he was on a plane coming back home to Australia.

'And then I got on to the ground and Australia had kind of gone crazy about it ... I had never seen anything like it,' he said.

'I understand if you put out something strong, you get strong back and that's alright.'

Minchin said the song had served its one-time purpose in raising funds for Ballarat abuse survivors to be flown to Rome to hear Pell's testimony.

'Nobody will ever listen to it again. It was fit for purpose,' he said.

'We raised a lot of money to send the survivors to Rome and that will now provide counselling for an extra three years.'

Minchin said the song had served its one-time purpose in raising funds for Ballarat abuse survivors to be flown to Rome to hear Pell's testimony