Cardinal George Pell has slammed the Senate for its motion.
Cardinal George Pell has rubbished a Senate motion calling for him to
return to Australia over a misconduct investigation, slamming the upper
house's "interference" in the police action.
In February, a Greens motion agreed to by the federal Senate called on Pell -- currently based in the Vatican -- to come back to Australia after Victoria Police reportedly began investigations of criminal misconduct against the former Archbishop of Melbourne. The Senate motion also noted "4444 people made allegations of child sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church, including the clergy, between January 1980 and February 2015".
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/03/20/george-pell-refuses-senate-call-to-return-home-slams-interfere_a_21902963/
In February, a Greens motion agreed to by the federal Senate called on Pell -- currently based in the Vatican -- to come back to Australia after Victoria Police reportedly began investigations of criminal misconduct against the former Archbishop of Melbourne. The Senate motion also noted "4444 people made allegations of child sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church, including the clergy, between January 1980 and February 2015".
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/03/20/george-pell-refuses-senate-call-to-return-home-slams-interfere_a_21902963/