AUSTRALIA
The Morning Bulletin
Sherele Moody | 18th Feb 2016
CLERGY sex abuse victims have responded to Cardinal George Pell’s decision to “meet with and listen to” them.
The controversial Australian Catholic leader’s office released a statement early on Thursday following wide-spread anger over his refusal to return home to face victims of paedophile priests like the notorious Gerald Francis Ridsdale.
The statement also follows the release on Tuesday of comedian Tim Minchen’s parody song urging Cardinal Pell to appear in person at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse later this month.
The song, Come Home (Cardinal Pell), is sitting at number one on the iTunes music chart.
“The past few days has seen a great deal of incorrect information relating to Cardinal George Pell and his upcoming royal commission appearance,” the statement from the cardinal’s office reads.
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