January 2023
George Pell: a priest who endured scandal and success
To his supporters, the cardinal was at the heart of the struggle for the soul of the church in a secular world. To his enemies, he was a dogmatic and abrasive bully who surrounded himself with yes-men.
- Don Woolford
July 2022
Why Corrs dropped the Catholic Church as a client
The decision to drop the church after 60 years was a commercial one that also played to younger lawyers.
- Michael Pelly and Hannah Wootton
Law firm blindsided church when it gave up abuse work
Law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth informed Catholic Church leaders two weeks ago it would no longer work on its child abuse cases.
- Michael Pelly
January 2022
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Pandemic probe must look at the states too
A COVID-19 royal commission should go beyond what the Morrison government’s got right and wrong, and assess the track records of the premiers, medical bodies and their lobbyists.
- Phillip Coorey
October 2021
- Opinion
- Federal politics
Let’s talk about the other national plan the PM released this week
The federal government’s plan to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse seems very long on “stopping” the abuse but very short on “supporting” those who have been abused.
- Laura Tingle
May 2020
Pell 'surprised' at report finding he knew of abuse
The royal commisson report says it is 'implausible' that Cardinal George Pell did not now know about clerical abuse
- Michael Pelly
Pell knew of abuse by paedophile priest: inquiry
Cardinal George Pell knew a priest had been moved decades ago because he had sexually abused children and should have suspended an unstable priest in another parish, a government inquiry concluded.