AUSTRALIA
The Australian
February 8, 2017
TESSA AKERMAN
ReporterMelbourne
@TessaAkerman
Bill Shorten has called for George Pell to again appear before the child sex abuse royal commission during a blistering attack in which he paid tribute to the abuse survivors but condemned institutions that failed the children.
Mr Shorten blasted Cardinal Pell and the Catholic Church over the child sex abuse scandal, calling for the cardinal to again appear before the royal commission, but this time on home soil.
The Labor leader said the scale of the abuse and systemic cover-up was sickening and a betrayal of the faith the perpetrators claimed to serve. “It is well past time for Cardinal Pell to return to Australia and account to this commission in person,” he said.
“I salute the survivors who have testified, remarkable Australians summoning the courage to tell their stories. Some of them for the first time, others carrying the memory of being deliberately ignored, or flat-out accused of making up their stories.”
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