Australia has a widespread coronavirus travel ban. How is Cardinal George Pell leaving the country?

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Cardinal George Pell is reportedly leaving Sydney tonight, returning to the Vatican for the first time since he was acquitted of child sex abuse.

As most Australians hunker down at home due to the widespread coronavirus travel ban, Cardinal George Pell appears set to jet out of the country.

According to ABF guidelines, exemptions can also be granted for citizens looking to leave the country to provide critical skills in"religious or theology fields". Australian citizens are subject to mandatory 14-day quarantine on arrival to Australia, while non-citizens can apply to be exempt from the arrivals ban.

He soon found himself a powerful opponent to reform in Cardinal Becciu, then serving as Substitute for General Affairs, second only to the Pope in terms of power and influence.

 

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Simple we don’t want his type in Australia.

And I ran ... I ran so far away .... I just ran ..... I ran all night and day ... couldn't get away ...

To be officially punted? 2 weeks in quarantine on return next week followed by the rest of his life in purgatory? It’s a start ...

WTAF?

what about the 28 pedo's in our own parliament one being a ex prime minister that has a 90 year suppression order on . its disgusting and makes me sick and all the cover ups from there freemasons friends . when are our children going to be protected.

providing critical skills in religious or theology fields our incompetent work shy alcoholic Kiwi changed the rules 3 weeks ago for his Hillsong crazies, paedophile peel used t it for himself

Once again “special travel exemption” for mates.

Bunk, there is no travel ban departing Australia.

He can fucking stay there!

good .... 👋🏻

Sooo....let him go and don’t let him to come back to the country for good. Obviously he doesn’t give a shit

good ridence to him. Rome can keep him.

Who cares? They can bloody have him. They all deserve each other.

Erambiboy LIBERAL PARTY ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET FOR HIM.

Low life - you should be behind bars 🤮

Citizen of the Vatican .Dual stop fake news

No surprise here, concerning the timing of departure or in a general sense.

...and it so happens Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu looking after finance resigned. Pure coincidence huh?

Abbott and now Pell.Buddys ? Are they staying together in Rome? How do these two get out of the country so easy when there is a ban on travel for residents of Australia? Did Dutton rubber stamp it? It's like a ' BOYS CLUB'

Maybe he could clean toilets for a while. Supervised of coarse

Keep him there

blakandblack Child abuser heading back to his den?🤔😢

*Correction* Paedophile George Pell

He was convicted as a pesophile by a jury. He wasn't acquited

That would be your Religious_Nuttery exemption.

Off he goes, back into the arms of the corrupt fold. Catholics should remember their money supports people like this.

Yep F off pedo

That invisible guy in the sky has some very wealthy and influential friends down here. The catholic church is the largest crime family on the planet.

He won't be coming home. God bless.

How does George Pell get permission from Boarder Force to leave the country? What faith (ironic) should we have in the Mad Christian LNP government pretend CV19 policy? I am calling next to none.

Is the disgusting LNP now going to say that George Pell received no “special treatment” for his application to leave the country? Did he just log on & take his chance like the 75% everyone else - who were denied? What happened to our free country. Religion, that’s what went wrong

Ahh so paedophiles and their supporters are allowed to travel. Seems about right from a pm who actively supports a paedophillic Hillsong church that covers up child rape and blames the children for being raped.

How does Pell get Special permission to leave Country.

Cue butthurt leftard head explosions.

KaushalyaFem Guilty as sin

Should spend more years in prison

Well the Vatican were harbouring mass murderes from Croatia in WW2 they also protect pedos so this doesn’t surprise me at all

Who cares good riddance

A joke rule for us and rules for liberals mates

But the rest of us cant get exemptions....

Birds of a feather......

Exemption from laws, ethics and responsibilities.

Hope his conscience pricks him.

Satan is with him

Just wondering.....how many of the high court bench who overturned the conviction are Catholic? Do we know who they are?

He has an exemption.

All_4justice this government is pathetic 💯

I thought there were no regular flights due to COVID. Will he fly on the Vatican's Lolita Express ?

Oh didn’t you know he can do anything because he has been to confession so all is forgiven!!why would any person be stupid enough to believe in religion how totally dumb are people my opinion only

One day you'll have to answer personally to God for your crimes against children. How do you as a 'Cardinal' believe it will go, up or down? People have died because of paedophiles ruining their lives and selfworth. Best you could hope for is eternal purgatory!

Proving the Vatican lacks integrity and relevance. Byeeeee religion.

Someone please explain to me how he was acquitted, upholding an appeal because one judge dissented = acquittal? What?

He was acquitted on a legal technicality,not of peodophilia

Ugh good riddance

Cardinal Pedophile you mean

Cardinal George Pell is free to do what he wants. He was wrongly convicted of a crime he did not commit by a corrupt Victorian Legal System. Thankfully this was corrected an no longer is an innocent man in jail.

How is this grub even allowed to leave the country? He has no legitimate reason to travel. The boarder is supposed to be closed to non essential movements Morrison giving preferential treatment to his bible bashing mates. Pell is a paedophile lock him up

Bye bye nonce

OscarContardo

Special treatment for the wealthy, famous or infamous. Something tells me he's got some urget business to attend to

Good riddance.

Cause pedo crims stick together

Looks like he feels safer running the gauntlet into the 2nd wave of covid in Europe than staying here. Wonder why?

One of our most disgusting export.

Absolute bullshit. This disgusting man can do what he wants but a young woman cldnt attend her own fathers funeral.

Why is this prick allowed to travel? Is International travel on again is it? Or just for pedophile cardinals who are apparently on another level of special care?

PCKJ3627 How come HE can travel overseas and no one else can? Trips for the boys Croneyism At least kids will be safer in Australia and there isn't many in the Vatican...we know about

Good riddance

I wish him well. He returned to Australia to seek justice in the face of a police witch hunt and lies. Falsely convicted, after 400 days in prison he was eventually freed at huge personal cost. He has remained magnanimous in adversity.

Good riddance.

PCKJ3627 Pell must have gotten wind that the other cases against him are heating up. Once in the Vatican, he will develop a mystery illness that prevents his extradition....

Hate when crooks get away with murder!!

Back to the paedophile nest.

I hope the plane hits turbulence and crashes.

Good luck children in Italy.

Wow.

In my opinion: Religion is the cause, excuse and catalyst of the majority of atrocities committed by humans; and yet whatever magical mystery imaginary being you pray to, not one shred of evidence exists proving their existence. In my opinion.....

Grrrr

'Pope Francis is making it clear that he will not tolerate any longer financial irregularities in the Vatican' Funny the type of fiddling they will tolerate though

Back to pedo HQ.

I thought you could apply for a dispensation to leave the country.

Clearly some are above the law our federal government is a joke.. ScottyFromMarketing

He's probably volunteered to escort an unaccompanied minor...

I want to go Bali on a religious trip!

Remember when he was too ill to travel. Glad he’s recovered.

He has God's blessings 🙏❣️

Friends in low places

As with many migrants he's likely to be disappointed to find the country he left is no longer the country he remembers. auspol

NEVER to be seen again.. auspol

The church and religion are a hiding place for degenerates. Has been for centuries.

I thought they removed passports from these types.

How do you think? 😡

The law is a joke and our government is pathetic!!!

How good is Australia lol. He's acquitted, so now he's back on the special persons list AAAND we hire his lawyer straight after for the Ruby Princess inquiry hahaha. The world deserves to bin itsself in 2020 🤷‍♂️

May he go with god

So it was the last supper in Sydney the other night.

How come he can travel?

good riddance.

Good! No loss. Bye 👋🏽

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