Much of the spotlight on Cardinal George Pell’s giving evidence to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses into Child Sex Abuse is not, obviously, whether or not Pell sexually assaulted kids (which the Daily Tele‘s Miranda Devine felt necessary to remind everyone over the weekend), but just how much Australia‘s highest-profile Catholic knew about the horrific abuse that went on in the ’70s.
“It’s a sad story and wasn’t of much interest to me” – George Pell speaking about Ballarat’s Gerald Ridsdale #7News https://t.co/XzRAwkXzP2
— 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) February 29, 2016
JFC ARE YOU KIDDING.
Last night, abuse survivor Paul Levey spoke to ‘The Project‘ about how hard it is watching Pell testify, especially considering he seems to have forgotten many of the incidents that have caused victims so much pain.
