‘Petty’: ribbons for abuse victims removed from Sydney church hosting George Pell funeral
The ribbon-tying campaign in Sydney was amplified by a series of tweets by Simon Hunt, the satirist sometimes known as Pauline Pantsdown, who encouraged locals to emulate the actions of residents in Ballarat.“[Pell’s] death has triggered a lot of memories and feelings among people who are survivors of child sexual assault. I’m not a Christian, I’m not personally affected by child sexual assault, aside from relationships with friends and family who have been,” he said.
“It was very much the whitewashing of George Pell that made me go forward and start that campaign – although when I got there there was already a ribbon there.” The fence at St Mary’s has been adorned with ribbons in the past but only briefly, as security are quick to remove them. I think that’s where the funeral will be held so I will continue to tie ribbons. We can put them up as fast or faster than they take them down.Jenny first visited the cathedral on Tuesday afternoon to hang ribbons. She said many displays shown on social media from the morning had been removed by the time she arrived.
“We’ll keep coming back,” she said. “They’ll have the service on the second and I’ll come back then. The way the Catholic church treats these ribbons is really petty. It’s just a simple act. What they’re doing is not acknowledging what the church themselves and George Pell have done.”
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