Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell (Unabridged)
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Publisher Description
The book suppression has now lifted, and multi-award winning Cardinal is available for listeners for the first time, with new revelations and a foreword by Thomas Keneally.
Cardinal George Pell, Australia's most powerful Catholic, has been found guilty of five sexual crimes against children. He is the most senior Catholic figure in the world to be charged by police and convicted of child sex offences. The abuse involved choirboys at Melbourne's St Patrick's Cathedral.
George Pell was a Ballarat boy who studied at Oxford and rose through the Catholic Church ranks to become adviser to Pope Francis and Vatican treasurer. He has been expelled from the Pope's inner circle of trusted cardinals. As an outspoken defender of church orthodoxy, supported and championed by the powerful, Pell's ascendancy was remarkable and seemingly unstoppable. As the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse brought to light horrific stories about sexual abuse of the most vulnerable, Pell portrayed himself as the first man in the Catholic Church to tackle the problem. But questions about what the Cardinal knew, and when, persisted.
Louise Milligan pieces together decades of disturbing activities highlighting Pell's actions and cover-ups. The book is a testament to the most intimate stories of complainants. Many people entrusted their secrets to be told here for the first time. Multi-award-winning Cardinal reveals uncomfortable truths about a culture of sexual entitlement, abuse of trust and how ambition can silence evil.
Customer Reviews
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This is just another book written by a Catholic hating bigot. Using the falsely accused and in prisoned Cardinal Pell. To attack the Holy Catholic Church with lies.
Has there been Catholic clergy who abused children? Yes but the same exact thing has and is still happening in the Jewish and Islamic faith. But even more so in the public schools. But because the media is controlled by liberals who hate and despise the Catholic Church. You never hear about any other religion of schools. The media and the liberal democrats have been waging a war against the Catholic Church for decades. If you want to read this book full of lies hatred and false accusations go ahead. But you will not find the truth in any of its pages. Cardinal Pell is and always has been innocent. If you really are interested. Then investigate it yourself using numerous sources.