How David Marr smeared George Pell

AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun

Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun
November 26, 2016

No journalist has tried harder than David Marr to smear Cardinal George Pell as a liar who covered up for pedophile priests and even enabled their crimes. The evidence against Pell is actually melting away.

Now Gerard Henderson exposes 13 of Marr’s worst false claims, omissions and baseless smears. Please read it all.

Here are some highlights, so to speak, from Henderson’s fact-checking of Marr’s most comprehensive smear sheet on Pell – his extended essay The Prince – Faith, Abuse & George Pell (Black Inc, 2014):

The fact is that much of David Marr’s case against Cardinal Pell collapses when reference is made to evidence heard by the Royal Commission and to Counsel-Assisting’s submissions to the Royal Commission.

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