Catholic Cardinal accused of child sexual abuse denied public memorial in home Australian state

SYDNEY, Jan 12 — An Australian state leader on Thursday emphatically ruled out a taxpayer-funded memorial for Cardinal George Pell, saying it would be “deeply distressing”...

SYDNEY, Jan 12 — An Australian state leader on Thursday emphatically ruled out a taxpayer-funded memorial for Cardinal George Pell, saying it would be “deeply distressing” for sexual abuse survivors.

“There will be no memorial service or state funeral because I think that would be a deeply, deeply distressing thing for every victim-survivor of Catholic Church child sexual abuse.” His body will be returned to Australia and buried in the crypt of St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, church officials said.

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