Cardinal George Pell writes about suffering, jail and coronavirus in News Corp piece

Cardinal writes in the Australian that ‘God-fearers’ are better able to deal with evil and suffering than atheists

Cardinal George Pell has used an Easter opinion piece to argue “God-fearers” are better able to deal with evil and suffering than atheists, pointing to his own experience of “13 months in jail for a crime I didn’t commit”.

Pell was released from prison on Tuesday after Australia’s high court quashed five convictions for child sexual abuse, over allegations he assaulted two choirboys at a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s.

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