Archive for August 22nd, 2014
Child abuse victim support groups outraged over Cardinal George Pell’s testimony / ABC News Australia
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Clergy Sexual Abuse, Clericalism, Voice of the Faithful on August 22, 2014
Support groups for child sexual abuse victims have expressed their outrage after Cardinal George Pell’s testimony at the royal commission in Melbourne last night (Aug. 21) …
“Saying it would not be appropriate for legal culpability to be ‘foisted’ on church leaders, he drew an analogy between the Catholic Church and a trucking company, citing a hypothetical example of a case involving a woman who was molested by a truck driver …
“‘It was a highly offensive comparison and showed that, at the end of the day, all he was concerned with was protecting himself and making excuses for behavior that is inexcusable,’ (said SNAP member Nicky Davis, who was present at the inquiry).”
By Thomas Oriti, ABC News Australia — Click here to read the rest of this story