AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun
February 24, 2017
John Lyons accuses Cardinal George Pell on the ABC’s The Drum of transferring a “known pedophile” priest to another town, where he abused again, and says Pell covered up the reasons for the move.
In fact, the royal commission heard Pell knew nothing of the pedophilia and the transfer was engineered by his bishop. Yet no panelist defended Pell.
Here is yet another example of how the media is so determined to hang Pell that nothing, and certainly not the truth, can save him.
Lyon makes his claims five minutes from the end:
It is so sad and telling that not a single person on the panel, including the Disability Discrimination Commissioner, points out the truth about these allegations, although all seem to claim enough knowledge to offer opinions on the issue.
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