Yeo asserts support for convicted child abuser priest Pell and calls for Singapore's Catholic Church to protect minors in their care.
Singapore’s former foreign affairs minister George Yeo doubled down on his public comments extending support for Cardinal George Pell — the Roman Catholic Church’s former treasurer and most senior official to be convicted of child sexual abuse.
Yeo first expressed support for Pell in a public Facebook post published earlier this week. Asserting that Pell’sYeo had written that he was prayingWith court suppression orders of this level having come about due to huge worldwide interest in the case and nine months of regional media silence, Yeo’s post drew intense flak from Singaporeans who have blasted him for his support of someone convicted of child sexual abuse.
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