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	Cardinal Criticised over Clampdown on Reform Group By Tom Reilly Sydney Morning Herald February 8, 2010 http://www.smh.com.au/national/cardinal-criticised-over-clampdown-on-reform-group-20100207-nkxu.html CARDINAL GEORGE PELL, the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, has been likened to a ''despot'' after banning a faith group from using a church hall. Dr Pell wrote to a parish priest in Rose Bay ordering him not to allow the Australian Reforming Catholics to hold their annual general meeting on church property, even though the organisation counts two bishops and dozens of priests and nuns as members and supporters. No explanation has been offered to the group as to why next month's meeting was banned. A former priest, Dr Paul Collins, had been due to give a lecture on the history of the reform movement in the church at the meeting.
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