{"id":4086,"date":"2020-04-20T23:51:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/?p=4086"},"modified":"2023-10-29T22:04:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T14:04:36","slug":"george-pells-history-with-child-sex-abuse-an-ongoing-theme-for-over-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/george-pells-history-with-child-sex-abuse-an-ongoing-theme-for-over-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"George Pell&#8217;s history with child sex abuse, an ongoing theme for over 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonniSalt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2146 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ronni_Salt.jpg?resize=134%2C140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"140\"> <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">George Pell&#8217;s troubled history was originally edged into the public domain by the Melbourne Herald Sun, via the sterling Lucie Morris Marr.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Jeff Kennett spoke to Pell about the troubling attitude toward brushing child abuse claims under the carpet back in 1995 and cautioned him with a commission of enquiry if Pell did not start to do something about the claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"t-main\">\n<div class=\"row t-tweet\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div id=\"tweet_3\" class=\"content-tweet allow-preview\" dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1251689303425466370\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Joanne McCarthy &amp; the Newcastle Herald have relentlessly pursued abusers in the Catholic church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Guardian, globally &amp; Australia followed &amp; reported on the Pell claims, e.g. David Marr &#8230;&nbsp; as did numerous regional newspapers like the Ballarat Courier and the Geelong Advertiser. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">George Pell and his troubling history with child sex abuse has been reported on and watched closely by the general media in Australia for over 20 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1251689303425466370\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-tweet allow-preview\" dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1251689303425466370\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4097\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pell-Ridsdale.jpg?resize=1008%2C1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1008\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pell-Ridsdale.jpg?w=1008&amp;ssl=1 1008w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pell-Ridsdale.jpg?resize=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1 252w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pell-Ridsdale.jpg?resize=860%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 860w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pell-Ridsdale.jpg?resize=768%2C914&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The ABC&#8217;s Louise Milligan has been harassed daily by organised groups of Pell-bots, many of them popping up on one post accounts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Catholic church itself is one of the wealthiest, most sinister, secret organisations in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Second only to Murdoch&#8217;s empire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Murdoch media span across continents and influences the daily narrative in almost every western democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Political leaders who want to succeed must pay homage to Murdoch or risk the interminably vindictive attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JosephK_OK\/status\/1252177801488199680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4091\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pell-history-1.jpg?resize=532%2C254&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pell-history-1.jpg?w=532&amp;ssl=1 532w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pell-history-1.jpg?resize=300%2C143&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">And this happens around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">And yet Murdoch employed apparatchik Greg Sheridan sits on his princely stool of privilege inside the ABC studios this morning &amp; chooses the cowardly cover of last minute talking points to savage &#8211; of all entities &#8211; the ABC. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He knows he can&#8217;t &amp; won&#8217;t be rebuffed by the host.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">So we let a man with no inside knowledge of the legalities of the case, a man with clearly no knowledge of the broad and relentless coverage of Pell by all Australian media, to sign off on <a class=\"entity-hashtag\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/hashtag\/Insiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Insiders<\/a> with the hypocrisy only the righteously deluded and uninformed can serve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">However, the both-sides-no-matter-if-the-truth-is-there gang at the ABC will invite him on again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">They won&#8217;t bother to challenge him on his outrageously false claims. He&#8217;ll just be allowed to wander back on like Gerard Henderson-lite but with slightly less relevance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1251689300850118656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4092\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pell-history-2.jpg?resize=597%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pell-history-2.jpg?w=597&amp;ssl=1 597w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pell-history-2.jpg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a class=\"entity-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/hashtag\/Insiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">#Insiders<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">By <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonniSalt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ronni Salt<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">April, 19, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonniSalt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/twitter-a.jpg?resize=50%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonniSalt\/status\/1251689300850118656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Original Tweet<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1251689300850118656.html?utm_source=subscriptions_mailer&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=daily\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ThreadReader<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/high-court-weighing-up-george-pell-s-bid-to-appeal-sex-abuse-conviction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Featured image<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Related<\/span> <\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cheryl_kernot\/status\/1100277683743670273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4103\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rupert-Pell.jpg?resize=500%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rupert-Pell.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rupert-Pell.jpg?resize=256%2C300&amp;ssl=1 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/motorcymick\/status\/1250397690636038145?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4093\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MM-on-Pell.jpg?resize=599%2C551&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MM-on-Pell.jpg?w=599&amp;ssl=1 599w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MM-on-Pell.jpg?resize=300%2C276&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title twp-secondary-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/2020\/04\/10\/george-pell-appeal-dont-accept-sanitised-history-of-clerical-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">George Pell appeal: Don\u2019t accept sanitised history of clerical abuse<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; George Pell&#8217;s troubled history was originally edged into the public domain by the Melbourne Herald Sun, via the sterling Lucie Morris Marr. 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