George Pell heavily criticised in a fiery speech a few months ago – and the Victorian Premier has now revealed that he won’t give the divisive Catholic a state funeral.
The Vatican on Wednesday revealed the Cardinal had died at the age of 81, after suffering heart complications following a hip replacement surgery in Rome.
And on Thursday, Mr Andrews was quick to rule out a state memorial service, saying he couldn’t think of anything ‘more distressing for victim survivors than that’.
In one of his last speeches in Australia, the Cardinal criticised Mr Andrews’ administration and compared it to Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s corrupt government in 1980s .
The Vatican on Wednesday revealed the Cardinal George Pell had died at the age of 81, after suffering heart complications following a hip replacement surgery in Rome
Mr Andrews was quick to rule out a state memorial service, saying he couldn’t think of anything ‘more distressing for victim survivors than that’
In an address to Sydney-based Catholic liberal arts college Campion in August, Cardinal Pell lashed out at ‘bossy nanny states’ who ‘overreacted’ during the pandemic and closed churches before casinos.
He also criticised the rise of identity politics and bit.ly cancel culture before suggesting that times were changing ‘and not always for the better’.
Cardinal Pell said: ‘I don’t think Australian life is rotten at the core, but times are changing, and not always for the better.
‘The inevitable royal commission of the future into Victoria could find a situation parallel to that of Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s Queensland in the 1970s-80s.Too many Australians were content with the overreaction of bossy nanny states during the Covid crisis, hoşgeldin bonusu veren bahis siteleri when the churches were closed before the casino.’
Following his death, Mr Andrews said there would be no taxpayer-funded memorial and that he would not be attending the Cardinal’s funeral at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney.
He said: ‘ ‘I couldn’t think of anything more distressing for victim survivors.
<div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-e902d310-92d1-11ed-ac3b-7f5d0f215cd4" website George Pell lobbed a series of cutting insults at Daniel Andrews