AUSTRALIA
The Australian
ROSIE LEWIS THE AUSTRALIAN DECEMBER 24, 2013
AUSTRALIA’S highest ranking Catholic has urged fellow Christians not to “lapse into timid silence” in the face of adversity, as church leaders across the country delivered their annual Christmas messages. In the wake of the royal commission into institutional child sex abuse, Cardinal George Pell painted a picture of a church and religion under siege after one of the most tumultuous years for the Catholic Church.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.