Photo - Tronson du Coudray art ‘Balance’
With the Children s Royal Commission some years ago I could not help but be reminded of a previous encounter - the Sydney Morning Herald ran an opinion piece a few years ago by Anthony Achroyd titled Catholic brand appeals Pell s priority . This idea that the brand needs to be protected above all else interests many of us.
Achroyd provides his readers with something of a history of Roman Catholicism s less than charitable moments (40 years ago I earned First Class Honours in Church History and the Theological Prize for my seminary year way-back-whenever) - and Achroyd spells it out as it was – it was nasty business. (As a matter of interest, last year Archbishop George Pell was cleared of all charges by the High Court of Australia 9-0).