Pell won’t be a scapegoat: clergy victim

AUSTRALIA
9 News

AAP

Australia’s most senior Catholic Cardinal George Pell should not be a scapegoat for the church’s cover-up of child sexual abuse by clergy, a victim and advocates say.

Ballarat abuse survivor Andrew Collins says the Vatican’s third most senior official is in a unique position to address the cultural issues in the church being investigated by the child abuse royal commission.

“Do we want to see Cardinal Pell go? No. I think they’re in positions where they can do a lot of good,” Mr Collins told AAP.

“If he is a scapegoat that takes the focus off the culture in the church.

“He does have a position of power in Rome to actually change things for the better.”

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