The Victorian Premier said there will be no state memorial for George Pell following the Cardinal's death as he said doing so would be 'distressing' to victim survivors of institutional child sexual abuse.
was in the middle of chatting with the anaesthetist when he went into cardiac arrestHe was born in Ballarat in 1941 and was a key figure within the Catholic Church in Victoria, having served as the Archbishop of Melbourne between 1996 and 2001.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said there will be no state memorial service for Cardinal George Pell. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nicki Connolly "Whilst we send our condolences, of course, this will be a sad time for family and friends and colleagues. But it'll be a very, very distressing time because some of these things can be triggering, that's what the experts tell us," he said.
The Premier also refused to weigh in on federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's remarks on Wednesday, where he
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