Published: February 27, 2019
Many in the regional Victorian town in which the cardinal grew up stand by their local hero despite guilty verdicts
“The die-hard Catholics still live in denial,” says Andrew Collins, the public face of clergy abuse in Ballarat. The church remains an imposing force in the gold rush town where Cardinal George Pell grew up.
“Love him or loathe him, he has always been a son of Ballarat, and people were proud of his rise to become one of the most powerful men in the world.
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