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28 April 2016

Cardinal Pell's credibility is on the line as Catholic church strikes back

When George Pell dumped on Melbourne’s Catholic Education Office in March the question was: would the church strike back or hunker down behind the cardinal? On Wednesday the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse gave the answer: strike back hard.
At issue is Pell’s credit. Time and again as he has defended his record as a priest in Ballarat and bishop in Melbourne, the cardinal’s best answer to his accusers has been: my word can be trusted against yours.
That’s not looking so good now.

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/apr/27/cardinal-george-pell-catholic-church-evidence-royal-commission-abuse?CMP=share_btn_fb#_=_