Cardinal George Pell of St Marys was in the news when I was away because his niece, a nun, criticised - in an open letter published in the press - his anti-gay policies --- refusing communion service to gays, importing a psychologist (an "expert" in gay "deprogramming") and an anti-gay theologian for speaking tours, etc etc. So on Sunday there was this demonstration on the front steps ... panorama. But apparently he's a complex character ... from this Catholic student interview about his community service background (including in Cambodia (!)): ' “I am not one of those who remembers dreaming, but I dreamt every night in Cambodia”. When I remind Pell of this entry, his response is somewhat awkward. In a sense, he seems uncomfortable discussing a private recollection. But as I speak there is a flicker of vulnerability, an image in his head that I am not privy to; and perhaps as well, a memory that has kept him up at night.'
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