Reviewing media interest in the allegations about Archbishop Pell made on 60 Minutes.

| Home About John Lilburne Journal Journal 2 June 2002 |  |  | # 1145 K Wed 5 Jun 2002 Lots is being written in the Australian newspapers about Archbishp Pell since the 60 Minutes program. Generally I have been more impressed with the coverage in the Fairfax papers -- The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, than I have been with the News Corp papers -- The Australian and Herald Sun. One good thing to have come out of the process is that there are clear statements being made that the compensation payments do not require silence by the victims. Another is that it has raised the profile of the problem, the difficulties it causes victims, and hopefully increased the community's willingness to deal with it. I also think the media reports highlight the problems with a "cover-up" approach to dealing with issues. Hopefully this will also have positive effects in the way liturgical laws are dealt with. Copyright J.R. Lilburne, 5 June 2002. |  | Other sites: Sixty Minutes "Loss of Faith" - transcipts are now available Archbishop Pell's Media Statements AM interview, 5 June, with David Ridsdale Today's Editorial in The Australian Today's Editiorial in The Age The Age, 4 June, Pell "knew" of cover-up claims as early as 1997 The Age, 4 June, When the prelate plays judge, jury and paymaster Cathtelecom.com, 5 June, "Compensation for abuse not hush money" Cathtelecom.com 4 June Cathtelecom.com 3 June