How will Cardinal George Pell acknowledge the right of a mother to
school her children in the Catholic faith, without abuse, asks Madonna
King. Chrissie Foster remembers her husband Anthony handing George Pell a
photograph of their daughter Emma. Her arms and wrists were bloodied;
the tell-tale signs that she wanted the torture that followed years of
abuse to stop.
“I wanted to explain to him how Emma was telling the truth - she was only 14 or 15 at the time,’’ Chrissie tells me. “I wanted to break through this clerical belief that victims are liars and were after money. “I thought if I could speak to him and tell him about Emma and how I was a good Catholic ... I did lots of things around the Parish...that I wasn’t the enemy, and that this had happened to my daughter.’’
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“I wanted to explain to him how Emma was telling the truth - she was only 14 or 15 at the time,’’ Chrissie tells me. “I wanted to break through this clerical belief that victims are liars and were after money. “I thought if I could speak to him and tell him about Emma and how I was a good Catholic ... I did lots of things around the Parish...that I wasn’t the enemy, and that this had happened to my daughter.’’
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/12/04/comment-cardinal-pell-stand