AUSTRALIA
The West Australian
Cardinal George Pell says he has lost confidence in the St Johns College council at the University of Sydney and has asked priest members to resign following continued bad behaviour by students.
He says he will be asking the NSW government to review governance arrangements at the Catholic college and the need to amend outdated laws covering the institution.
Reports of loutish behaviour at the 150-year-old college have continued despite an incident in March that resulted in a female student being hospitalised.
The college suspended 33 students over the incident, in which male residents surrounded a girl and encouraged her to drink a toxic concoction as part of an initiation process.
In a statement on Tuesday, Cardinal Pell said he no longer had confidence in the capacity of the college council to ensure reform, “despite their good will and the dedication of the chairman”.
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