Conservative politicians remember Pell as a ‘saint’ and a ‘martyr’, while others prefer to acknowledge victims of child sexual abuse in the Catholic church
The current prime minister, Anthony Albanese, was expected to make a statement on Pell’s death at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.
Louise Milligan, the senior ABC journalist who undertook a years-long investigation into the allegations against Pell and wrote the book Cardinal: the Rise and Fall of George Pell, said on Twitter: “George Pell is dead. This will be a very triggering day for a lot of people. Thinking of them.”“Today I remember all those victims who are no longer with us. And I stand with all those survivors who still are,” she wrote.
The former Coalition treasurer Joe Hockey said on Twitter Pell was “a man of deep faith and great integrity”. “He was blessed with fortitude, courage, determination and intellect. He was proudly Australian,” Hockey wrote.Victorian government minister Steve Dimopoulos on George Pell's death: "Today would be a very difficult day for the cardinal's family and loved ones but also a very difficult for survivors and victims of child sexual abuse and their families and my thoughts are with them".
Bernie Finn, a former Liberal MP in Victorian state parliament, wrote that Pell was “a great Churchman. A great Australian. A great human being. A martyr.”
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