AUSTRALIA
The Courier
By Matthew Dixon
Feb. 10, 2016
WENDOUREE MP Sharon Knight has made an impassioned attack on Ballarat’s Cardinal Pell in a speech she believes reflects the disappointment of much of the city at his failure to return.
Ms Knight told Parliament if Cardinal George Pell’s health condition will be proven to be a “sham” if he ever returns to Australia.
During the speech in the Victorian Parliament on Wednesday morning Ms Knight made it clear Cardinal Pell’s decision meant he should never return to the country.
“Importantly, the Commissioner (for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse) found that Cardinal Pell’s health is not expected to improve so that the risk of his travelling is removed,” she said.
“So, George Pell, stay right where you are. I don’t ever expect to see you back in this country. I don’t expect that you will set foot in Ballarat ever again.”
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