Judging George Pell

By John Silvester
Updated May 26 2017 - 7:03pm, first published 6:55pm
A former policeman Denis Ryan is getting a formal apology from the Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton on child abuse cases that he worked on. 9 August 2016. The Age NEWS. Photo: Eddie Jim.
A former policeman Denis Ryan is getting a formal apology from the Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton on child abuse cases that he worked on. 9 August 2016. The Age NEWS. Photo: Eddie Jim.

Cardinal George Pell is not someone who attracts public sympathy. He presents as cold and aloof and as someone who at best did not have the capacity to deal with systemic child abuse committed within the Catholic Church.

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