ANALYSIS: A survivor wrote to me after Pell's death. They won't be dancing on the Cardinal's grave
The allegations included cruelty to an animal in front of the children – stabbing a bird , showing the children a dead body in a coffin, carrying a gun around the playground.
"These matters, in combination with the prior allegation of sexual misconduct, ought to have indicated to Bishop Pell that Father Searson needed to be stood down." Julie received $25,000 in compensation and a letter of apology signed by Pell for her lifetime of pain — a typically small sum of money in a scheme that capped payments at $50,000.
What really motivated Julie to speak out about Pell in the royal commission was when she saw the Cardinal give evidence in a Victorian parliamentary inquiry saying that no conviction had been recorded for Searson — there "might" be victims.The letter given to her with the ex gratia payment had said: This story of Pell's handling of Searson is but one of the many that surround this man and make victims feel so numb today.
It wasn't until the royal commission, and then the allegations by a group of men that the Cardinal had abused them, that things began to unravel for George Pell, but the enormous self-belief never seemed to be truly eroded.From country Victoria to the heart of the Vatican: George Pell's rise within the Catholic Church
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