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WASHINGTON, D.C., March 18, 2019 (Life Site News) ― A former altar server at the Roman Catholic cathedral in Melbourne, Australia, says Cardinal George Pell was convicted as a “scapegoat” for real criminals among the clergy.
Macaulay said he was distressed “as an Australian” by the jury’s decision to convict Pell. As a Catholic, however, he had expected it to happen “given that Cardinal Pell …More
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 18, 2019 (Life Site News) ― A former altar server at the Roman Catholic cathedral in Melbourne, Australia, says Cardinal George Pell was convicted as a “scapegoat” for real criminals among the clergy.
Macaulay said he was distressed “as an Australian” by the jury’s decision to convict Pell. As a Catholic, however, he had expected it to happen “given that Cardinal Pell has been a lightning rod for 20 years.”
The Melbourne man revealed that in 1996 a group of LGBT protesters came to St. Patrick’s Cathedral every Sunday for Mass dressed in rainbow sashes. Cardinal Pell explained to them that he couldn’t give them communion ― not because they were homosexuals but because they were “making a protest at a very sacred moment.”
“It immediately hit the headlines,” Macaulay recalled, “and from that moment Cardinal Pell was seen (as) an arch-conservative and an ogre (by) the press.”
“So this (jury conviction) is actually a decision 20 years in the making, and I don’t think any Catholic should feign surprise in terms of the hatred that is out there for Cardinal Pell,” he continued.
Macaulay said he was distressed “as an Australian” by the jury’s decision to convict Pell. As a Catholic, however, he had expected it to happen “given that Cardinal Pell has been a lightning rod for 20 years.”
The Melbourne man revealed that in 1996 a group of LGBT protesters came to St. Patrick’s Cathedral every Sunday for Mass dressed in rainbow sashes. Cardinal Pell explained to them that he couldn’t give them communion ― not because they were homosexuals but because they were “making a protest at a very sacred moment.”
“It immediately hit the headlines,” Macaulay recalled, “and from that moment Cardinal Pell was seen (as) an arch-conservative and an ogre (by) the press.”
“So this (jury conviction) is actually a decision 20 years in the making, and I don’t think any Catholic should feign surprise in terms of the hatred that is out there for Cardinal Pell,” he continued.