Giles Hugo
SURELY the NSW Police Commissioner must now start an investigation of Cardinal Pell under the new laws relating to causing annoyance or inconvenience to the thousands of young pilgrims expected in Sydney for Catholic World Youth Day.
Given the Catholic Church’s record worldwide on paedophile priests, many of the young pilgrims will be survivors of priestly abuse and these people – and others – should be rightly annoyed that the highest Catholic authority in this nation seems to have little regard for many victims of criminal clergy, or the truth.
As for inconvenience, how inconvenient for decent Catholics of all ages that they may have to explain to inquisitive friends of other faiths – or themselves – why the Catholic Church persists in denying the obvious, namely that the rule of celibacy for priests is a huge contributor to the scourge of sexual abuse of young people.
I am not a Catholic but I am a survivor of sexual abuse.
Giles Hugo
