Victoria's premier says honouring the controversial clergyman would be distressing for abuse victims.
BBC News, Sydney
"I couldn't think of anything more distressing for victim survivors," Daniel Andrews told reporters on Thursday.Officials in New South Wales, where the Cardinal served as Archbishop of Sydney, have also said they will not offer the honour, local media report. During a career spanning six decades, he worked his way through the ranks of the Church in Victoria, serving as Archbishop of both Melbourne and then Sydney, before he became one of the Pope's top aides.
But the cleric left his post in 2017, returning to Australia to face trial on child sex abuse charges.Cardinal Pell, who always maintained his innocence, spent 13 months in prison before the High Court of Australia quashed the verdict in 2020, finding the jury had not properly considered all the evidence at his trial.
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