Come Home (Cardinal Pell) - by Tim Minchin ... Abuser won't face the music

[HuckleB]

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This is awesome stuff by Tim Minchin.

[longship]

1. I LOVE Tim Minchin!

And his piano is always grand!

Go ahead, Cardinal Pell. Sue him. Make his day!

[Ken Burch]

2. Here's a statement from Tim Minchin's website, with background

on the scumbag Tim is writing about here

http://www.timminchin.com/2016/02/16/come-home-a-charity-single-2/

Cardinal George Pell is the most powerful dude in the Catholic Church of Australia. He’s currently working at the Vatican, but The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has demanded his presence in Australia.

But George has sent a doctor’s note saying he’s too unwell to fly.

The whole thing stinks to high hell, and many people in Australia are very, very angry…not least of all, the survivors in Ballarat, where abuse was sickeningly rife.

Pell was born and educated in Ballarat, and at one point actually lived with Gerry Ridsdale, one of the most prolific (and allegedly protected) paedophiles in Australian history. He has been accused of covering up the actions of others, and of sexually abusing a kid himself.

The church in Australia (like elsewhere in the world) knew of the actions of many of their priests, and rather than going to the police, shuffled them from diocese to diocese, facilitating their abuse rather than arresting.

The idea that Pell was unaware of the behaviour of Ridsdale (and others) is laughable to me.

[Ken Burch]

3. Links to more info that Tim also posted at that link:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-07/cardinal-george-pells-lawyer-questions-abuse-victims-testimony/7006512

http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/3728833/push-to-fly-victims-to-rome-grows/?cs=4613

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/60-minutes-reporter-tara-brown-digs-deep-into-george-pells-melbourne-response/news-story/8efc94c2edc8c872a945a3ae19f431a2

http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/3719299/sharon-knight-slams-cardinal-pell-in-parliament/