News about George Pell

Deni Todorovic: Non-binary fashion stylist says they 'love a line or two'

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 29, 2023
A well-known and respected figure in Australia's fashion industry has unveiled their ability to smoke cocaine recreationally and will not apologize for it. Deni Todoroviovi, a luxury brand who controversially collaborated with women's swimwear brand Seafolly for a Mardi Gras campaign earlier this year, dared luxury retailers to delete them if they have a problem. In a late-night Instagram post on Friday, Todoroviovi, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, called for heroin to be criminalized. They described themselves as a "hairy gay wog" who likes a cigarette and occasionally a little j" and who "every now and then" is partial to a line or two [of cocaine], as well as every AFL footy player who does it behind the world's back.' Todoroviovi went on to praise the virtues of drug legalization, noting that the program has reduced crime rates in countries like Portugal, but then sued "any of the brands I work with" to retaliate with their terms if they'd't align with your values.

After vandals defaced it, Sydney WorldPride mural artist Scottie Marsh on Wynyard teddy bear painting

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 9, 2023
The rage against his latest work, according to a street artist who has a reputation for making controversial murals, has risen to a new degree, just hours after it was completed, and the artist suffered weeks of death threats. Scottie Marsh (pictured left), a well-known Sydney artist, addressed the controversy surrounding his WorldPride-inspired mural outside Wynyard Station, which depicted a hairy man wearing a leather harness and a teddy bear mask as he drank a White Russian on a dilapidated couch. Around February 22, the mural was finished by Marsh before being sprayed with black and grey paint the next day.

Why Christian Sukkar met George Pell protesters at the funeral of a cardinal

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 2, 2023
Christian Sukkar fired back at hundreds of LGBTQI protesters as they yelled "George Pell, go to hell" and dubbed the late cardinal a paedophile across the street from St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. When banners displaying 'Pell burn in hell' and "infernal resting place" were displayed in Hyde Park, mourners clashed with other demonstrators, the Sydney construction worker clashed with other protesters earlier this year. After the funeral was over, Mr Sukkar defended his activities to Daily Mail Australia, arguing that the demonstrators were the violent criminals who shouldn't have attended a funeral.

At St Mary's Cathedral, George Pell's funeral says he is a'saint.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 2, 2023
On Thursday, a requiem mass for the man who was the nation's highest-ranked Catholic was held at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. Mr Abbott, the protester's eulogy, made a nod to the protesters' 'PELL BURN IN HELL'. 'At least they now believe in the afterlife.' During the service, Saint George Pell's first miracle was he chuckled.' "He's the greatest catholic Australia has ever produced and one of our country's top sons.' Cardinal Pell, 81, died in Rome in January after hip replacement surgery.

Alan Jones is the slammed no-shows at Anthony Albanese and Dominic Perpetet in George Pell's funeral

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 2, 2023
Professed Catholic Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Dominic Persuadet have been chastised for failing to attend Cardinal George Pell's funeral in Sydney, according to Conservative commentator Alan Jones. Despite Pell's eminent service to the church and the fact that the Child sex abuse convictions were reversed by the High Court, Jones said both leaders had chosen to be "conveniently absent" from the funeral. Despite neither being Catholic, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and former Prime Minister John Howard are attending the funeral.

A protester from St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, was arrested for blowing a whistle

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 2, 2023
After marching around the cathedral and blowing a whistle, a protester outside Cardinal George Pell's funeral was violently led away by police. On Thursday, dramatic scenes outside St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney erupted as hundreds of protesters clashed with Catholic mourners before and during Pell's funeral. After being restrained from hip replacement surgery in January, Pell, Australia's most senior Catholic, was laid to rest in Sydney.

George Pell funeral: St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney surrounded by protesters, Catholic supporters

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 1, 2023
Tensions are also rising outside Cardinal George Pell's funeral as Catholic supporters confront and clash with demonstrators. Following his death from hip replacement surgery in January, Australia's most senior Catholic will be laid to rest in a service at 11 a.m. on Thursday. On Thursday morning, Daily Mail Australia captured an irate Pell supporter outside St Mary's Cathedral just before the funeral began inside the Sydney church.

George Pell funeral: The Chaser hijack the cardinal's Sydney memorial

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 1, 2023
The Chaser comedy group has pulled their most recent stunt out of Cardinal George Pell's funeral by attempting to bury a fake coffin full of 'evidence' with him. Cardinal Pell died in a Rome Hospital last month from heart disease after hip surgery at the age of 81. On Wednesday, Charles Firth, a comedian and War on Everything actor, and Chaser colleague Lachlan Hodson, attempted to crash his funeral at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney.

As Cardinal George Pell's body remains in state, ribbons have been cut off St. Mary's Cathedral

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 1, 2023
Cardinal George Pell (pictured inset) - the infamous former archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney died aged 81 in a Rome hospital last month from heart problems following hip surgery. With a requiem mass and private funeral service, his body has been returned to St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney for burial. Loud Fence, a clergy rights charity, has been tying colorful ribbons around the cathedral's fence as a sign of unity in recent days. However, church security has been seen repeatedly cutting them down (pictured left and right).

George Pell's funeral: Police in NSW have been unable to prevent a racial march outside St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 31, 2023
The police are attempting to prohibit LGBTQI protests from being held outside Cardinal George Pell's funeral, citing questions regarding community safety. Following hip surgery, the former Archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney died in a Rome hospital last month, and the Vatican honored a traditional cardinal's funeral in St Peter's Basilica. He was 81. On Thursday, pro-Community Action for Rainbow Rights in Sydney applied to protest outside the cathedral of St Mary's.

St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney was enrobed in ribbons for child violence survivors, according to George Pell's funeral

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 31, 2023
Hundreds of colourful ribbons have began to appear on the gates of St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, ahead of George Pell's burial on Thursday. Pell died in Rome on January 10 at the age of 81 and was Australia's most senior Catholic figure. Since being convicted of, and later dismissed of, several common child sex abuse charges, his legacy has remained shrouded in deep mystery.

Reasons for George Pell's death: Both George Pell and Renee Geyer died as a result of hip replacement surgery difficulties

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 27, 2023
After complications from the 'routine' procedure that was blamed on the deaths of two high-profile Australians in the same week, an orthopaedic surgeon has discussed the hidden risks involved in hip replacement surgery. Cardinal George Pell, 81, died on January 10, but ARIA Hall of Fame founder Renee Geyer, 69, died on January 17 after hip replacement surgery complications. Elective hip surgery is one of Australia's most common procedures, performed approximately 52,000 times per year.

George Pell to lie in state at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney: Catholic Cardinal

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 18, 2023
Cardinal Pell, Australia's most senior Catholic, died in Rome on January 10 at the age of 81. Daniel Andrews, the former archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney, has been ruled out holding state services for him. Cardinal Pell was the Vatican's top finance minister before he left in 2017 to face child sexual exploitation charges, for which he was jailed before his convictions were quashed.

Fauziah Ibrahim, the ABC's host, became involved in a wild conspiracy theory

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 16, 2023
Fauziah Ibrahim (left) wore the outfit when presenting Weekend Breakfast on the public radio on Saturday. Johanna Nicholson, the co-host, also went for formal attire in a dark blue jacket. The pair had reportedly wore the outfits in mourning for Cardinal George Pell (right), according to Twitter trolls. Cardinal Pell died in Rome on Tuesday after cardiac arrest, with NSW and Victoria excluding state funerals, rendering it 'distressing' for sexual abuse survivors. He had been found guilty of molesting two choirboys in the late 1990s and spent 404 days in jail before his convictions were reversed by the High Court in 2020. On Thursday, Fauziah Ibrahim & Johanna Nicholson appeared on ABC's 'black mourning' television. One troll wrote: Please EXPLAIN to whom you are paying your respects.'

Cardinal George Pell rumoured to have secret love child from years in Ballarat

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 13, 2023
Cardinal George Pell was accused of carrying a child to a mystery lover when living in Country Victoria during the 1970s. When living in Ballarat as a young priest from 1973 to 1983, Cardinal Pell's detractors have long suspected he had a mystery lover with his housekeeper. Journalists had been briefed by some of those opponents in the hopes of bringing the Cardinal down two years before Australia's most senior Catholic was charged with child violence charges in 2014.

In a speech before death, George Pell blasted Daniel Andrews, who has confirmed that there will be no funeral

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 13, 2023
Victorian Prime Minister Dan Andrews was quick to rule out a state memorial service for George Pell, saying he could not imagine anything "more distressing for victim survivors than that." In one of his last speeches in Australia, Cardinal Robert Bjelke-Petersen blasted Mr Andrew's administration, likening it to Joh Bjelke-Petersen's -corrupt government in 1980s Queensland. Cardinal Pell blasted 'bossy nanny states' who 'overreached' during the pandemic and closed churches before casinos in an address to Sydney-based Catholic liberal arts college Campion in August. Following his death, Mr Andrews announced that there will be no taxpayer-funded memorial and that he will not be attending the Cardinal's funeral at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney.

George Pell's death: Anthony Albanese, a comedian and writer, was told not to attend the funeral

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 12, 2023
Cardinal Pell (left) issued an anonymous memo under the pseudonym 'Demos' last year chastising Pope Francis (top right) and his apparent leadership incompetences. He accused the Pope of remaining silent on topics ranging from the Ukraine invasion, human rights abuses in China, and calls for women priests to the Church. Although decisions and policies are often "politically correct," the memo states, there have been significant failures to promote human rights in Venezuela, Hong Kong, mainland China, and now during the Russian invasion.' These questions should be revisited by the next pope.' The Vatican's political renown is now at a low point.' (bottom right, Anthony Albanese faces pressure to boycott Cardinal Pell's funeral)

Louise Milligan, an ABC reporter, speaks out about George Pell's death

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 12, 2023
Louise Milligan (pictured left) who broke child sexual harassment charges against late George Pell (pictured right) has denied that she felt any sadness or joy in the Cardinal's death in Rome on Tuesday. Rather, Ms Milligan, who interviewed many victims of violence within the Catholic church, expressed indignation.'

George Pell dies: Jacqui Felgate calls Tony Abbott's tribute 'beyond the pale'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 11, 2023
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott's tribute to late George Pell, who died on Tuesday at the age of 81, was a television news anchor. Abbott, a Catholic and ardent Pell supporter, characterized the cardinal as a'saint,' and compared the alleged sexual assault cases that had effectively ended his ecclesiastical service to a'modern version of crucifixion.' Although many Australian Catholics applauded this statement, some argued that it was irrelevant given the charges against Pell in his lifetime, including that he helped cover up abuse by other members of the clergy. Former 7News Melbourne host Jacqui Felgate summed up Pell's rage by posting on Instagram with a brutal, three-word response.

George Pell died: It's unclear why the cardinal did not have hip surgery at Gemelli, the 'pope's hospital,' according to a cryptic explanation

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 11, 2023
Cardinal Pell (right) died in Rome at the age of 81, and the Vatican announced on Wednesday that he had successfully undergone a hip replacement surgery before going into sudden cardiac arrest. He's been inpatient care at the Salvator Mundi Hospital (inset) and is thought to have been chatting with his anesthetist when he suddenly collapsed ill, with medics unable to revive him. Salvator Mundi, who first saw Mother Teresa as a patient in 1992, is just eight kilometres away from the luxurious Gemelli Polyclinic hospital, which has its own suite reserved for popes. Its high-profile visitors have even dubbed it'the third Vatican'.

Why the High Court overturned Cardinal's indictment as he ages, George Pell: When he dies at the age of 81, he quashed his innocence

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 11, 2023
Cardinal George Pell's heavy vestments made it impossible for him to approach the boys in Melbourne's St Patrick's Cathedral, he always said. Cardinal Pell died in Rome on Wednesday, aged 81, following hip replacement surgery difficulties. When the High Court quashed his convictions for sexually assaulting the 13-year-olds in 1996, Pell was not guilty. In December 2018, a Victorian County Court jury found him guilty of one count of sexual penetration of a child and four counts of commiting indecent offences. The assaults were found to have occurred in St Patrick's sacristy, where Cardinal Pell had previously been Archbishop and had occurred immediately after he had celebrated Sunday mass. The bulk of his High Court appeal concerned whether he might have assaulted the choirboys in a window of five or six minutes.

How a powerful cardinal got his lowest point in a prison cell was George Pell's darkest hour

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 11, 2023
When George Pell, one of the world's most influential Catholics, died after his time as a prisoner in a prison cell for child sex offenses. The Australian who had risen to the Catholic Church's third-most senior cleric in a privileged position in a line of popes has enjoyed a privileged position. Pell's commanding presence centre stage in world Catholicism made his fall from grace even more valuable, and he would later confess to falling to the bottom in a grim jail cell in Barwon Prison, near Geelong. Pell had been charged and then found guilty of two 13-year-old choirboys in Melbourne's cathedral sacristy and committed acts of indecency against two 13-year-old choirboys as a priest in the 1990s. He spent 400 days in jail before appealing his convictions, but they were overturned by the High Court of Australia, and he was released in April 2020. George Pell, who was physically impaired while waiting for his appeal on what seemed to be one of the most explosive charges against a senior Catholic figure in history, has died at the age of 81.

Australians from high places are reacting to George Pell's death

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 10, 2023
High-profile Australians have mixed reactions to the death of controversial Cardinal George Pell, who was at the forefront of child sex exploitation allegations for two decades. Cardinal Pell, 81, underwent a successful surgery in a Vatican hospital and was chatting with the anesthetist when he unexpectedly collapsed. He was unable to recover, and medics were unable to revive him. He was ordained a priest in 1966 and became a bishop in 1987, and Archbishop of Melbourne in 1996 and Archbishop of Sydney in 2001 before being made a cardinal in 2003. However, his lengthy career came under a cloud in 2018 when a jury convicted him of significant child sex crimes, which he vehemently denied. Following the shock announcement of his death on Tuesday morning, Australians flooded social media.

The death of Cardinal George Pell will be 'triggering,' according to Louise Milligan

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 10, 2023
Cardinal George Pell's death, according to Louise Milligan, will be 'triggering' for some people. Cardinal Pell died in Rome at the age of 81 after suffering from complications from a hip replacement surgery, according to the Vatican. 'George Pell is dead,' says the author. For a lot of people, this would be a traumatic day. Milligan, an investigative reporter for the ABC, was thinking about them.'