I am horrified by the accounts that survivors have given in their evidence during the Ballarat hearings, and at the enormous impact the abuse has had on them, their families and the community, i am also deeply saddened by the way the church authorities have failed in responding to these crimes. I am deeply to committed to assisting the royal commission and to doing anything I can to help survivors (including) giving evidence in person if asked to do so.

George Pell

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Abortion is a worse moral scandal than priests sexually abusing y... by George Pell

Abortion is a worse moral scandal than priests sexually abusing young people.

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Suffering and evil will not have the last word. by George Pell

Suffering and evil will not have the last word.

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There's no possibility for vitality in the church without fidelity to the gospels. If you look at the Churches throughout the world, throughout the Western world, where radical reform has been attempted, the Church has collapsed and almost disappeared. The vitality in the Church, the young people who are here in their tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands possibly, young people who belong, who adhere strongly to the central tradition of Christ and the Church.

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Sometimes the very learned and clever can be brilliantly foolish, especially when seized by an apparently good cause.

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The church is not primarily a political organisation. We're a religious organisation. There's a much greater opportunity.

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Couples with children who do win a divorce, cause such social havoc that they should have to pay a special divorce tax.

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I want a return to the divorce system based on the fault of one s... by George Pell

I want a return to the divorce system based on the fault of one spouse.

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Like many survivors it has taken me years to understand the impact upon my life. At some point we realize that we trusted someone we should have feared and we fear those genuine relationships that we should trust.

Tell her that I am. by George Pell

Tell her that I am.

It is implausible that I tried to bribe him for a number of reaso... by George Pell

It is implausible that I tried to bribe him for a number of reasons.

With the experience of 40 years later, certainly I would agree th... by George Pell

With the experience of 40 years later, certainly I would agree that I should have done more.

It's implausible because I was an auxiliary bishop and I had no access to money or - no access to significant resources, it's implausible because, of course, the attempt to bribe someone is criminal.

I would concede I should have done more. by George Pell

I would concede I should have done more.

It's a sad story and it wasn't of much interest to me. by George Pell

It's a sad story and it wasn't of much interest to me.

I have the full backing of the pope. by George Pell

I have the full backing of the pope.

Very few were tempted to tell the outside world what was happening, except when they needed extra help, it was impossible for anyone to know accurately what was going on overall.

It is important to point out that the Vatican is not broke ... the Holy See is paying its way, while possessing substantial assets and investments.