UNITED STATES
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William D. Lindsey
[with video]
Sensational Austrialian T.V. Interview with Peter Saunders of Papal Abuse Commission About Cardinal George Pell: “Massive Thorn in the Side of Pope Francis’s Papacy”
Last evening, “60 Minutes Australia” aired a segment about Cardinal George Pell, whom Pope Francis has brought to the Vatican to clean up the Vatican Bank. In light of allegations made in hearings of the Australian royal commission into child abuse, “60 Minutes” interviews papal abuse commission member Peter Saunders, an abuse survivor. The interview is online here.
Peter Saunders says about Pell:
He has now a catalogue of denials, he has a catalogue of denigrating people, of acting with callousness, cold-heartedness, and almost sociopathic, I would go so far as to say, this lack of care.
And Peter Saunders also says about Pell:
I would go so far as to say that I consider him to be quite a dangerous individual. [“Why is he dangerous?” interviewer Tara Brown then asks Saunders, who replies:] I’m interested in supporting survivors and protecting children and people who have covered up, people who have denied, people who have got their stories mixed up around these issues to do with survivors and child abuse, they, to me, represent a danger to the whole progress of child protection.
Cardinal Pell’s response via his spokesperson (this is appended to the video linked above):
Cardinal Pell has been informed of the contents of the “60 Minutes” program this evening. The false and misleading claims made against His Eminence are outrageous. . . . In the circumstances, the Cardinal is left no alternative but to consult with his legal advisers.
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