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“The exercise of power became a constant feature of those years. And those who disagreed with Pell on matters theological or spiritual felt thoroughly marginalised. As the 2000s wore on, it was not just a case of Pell necessarily exercising the power himself, but that he had remade the Australian Church in his image. Dissent was actively discouraged, discussion about subjects he had declared off limits was avoided. (p.115)”
― Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell
― Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell
“Pell is unable to project a convincing sense of compassion, reform and healing. ... Pell looms as a huge liability in the institutional crisis ow facing the Catholic Church in Australia. (The Australian journalist Paul Kelly, quoted on p.125)”
― Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell
― Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell
“[Former Bishop of Ballarat Ronald] Mulkearns appealed to Pope John Paul II about what to do about child sexual abuse - he wanted, says [Former Corpus Christi seminarian Michael] Costigan, 'some direction or counselling'. 'He said the Pope would not talk to him about it', Costigan says. 'He said the Pope turned his back and walked out of the room.' ... 'It wasn't long after he came back that he stood down as Bishop.' (p.189)”
― Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell
― Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell
“Violence against women and girls isn’t new. Women have fought this since time immemorial. From the time men wrote the Bible, claiming Eve’s original sin is to blame for all that’s wrong with the world – while hiding behind a religion structured to subjugate females – to incels today blaming women for not wanting to have sex with life-incompetent man-babies who are hiding behind their computers in their parents’ basement. This is a problem that won’t go away.”
― A Generation of Vipers
― A Generation of Vipers
“When the issue came to light, I naively expected that the Church would care about the discontentment of many of the school parents,' [St. Patrick's Mentone school parent Andrea] Wilkins said. 'That they would listen and help us. It didn't take long to realise that they'd rather all of the "disruptive" parents and their children just left the schools rather than doing the right thing. How dare we challenge them? The whole experience made it loud and clear that their priority is with themselves and not the children we entrust to them.' (p.269)”
― Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell
― Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell
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