AUSTRALIA
The Australian

Michael Bodey
The Australian
March 7, 2016

Andrew Bolt has hit back strongly at the implication he changed his view of Cardinal George Pell’s testimony to the Royal Commission into child abuse.

Within hours of confirmation the News Corp Australia columnist had secured an exclusive interview with Cardinal Pell in Rome last week, Bolt turned on the Cardinal, saying his testimony that a particular case “wasn’t of much interest to me” was “disastrous” and “will be hung around his neck for the rest of his career”. The following morning, Bolt tempered his criticism, noting he felt “embarrassed because I think I’ve joined the pack attacking Pell” and joked “for the first time in my life I’m trending positive on Twitter as a result”.

He told The Australian he was offended by the implication he would be so “craven” as to change his opinion in…