Cardinal

• Title: Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell
• Author: Louise Milligan
• Published: 2017
• Trivia: #AWW  (Australian Women Writers)
• Trivia: Awarded Walkley Book of Year 2017 ( Australian journalism prizes)

Review:

1. The winner of the 2017 Walkley Book Award is Louise Milligan.
2. This her explosive book about…. “Cardinal: The rise and fall of George Pell”.
3. Louise Milligan’s book examines Australia’s
4. …most senior Catholic through the lens of the child abuse saga
5. …which has dogged the Catholic Church.
6. She tells how George Pell rose from Ballarat boy to Oxford.
7. He rose through the ranks to become the Vatican’s indispensable “treasurer”.
8. Louise Milligan  is an excellent investigative journalist
9. …who has followed the story doggedly
   
10. She pieced together the story with sensitivity and care
11. ….from thousands of pages of historical documents
12. ….and interviews with hundreds of people.
13. The book has had an enormous impact.
14. Last thoughts:
15. I discovered this book by accident:
16. …winner of the Walkley Book of the Year Award 2017
17. The investigation is ongoing….
18. …Cardinal Pell will appear in court on 05 March 2018.
19. This book is groundbreaking
20. ….and nerve wracking for the Vatican.
21. It is impossible to add anything else to this review.
22. My mind is exhausted and I am stunned and speechless 
23. …about  the cover-ups concerning  George Pell and child abuse by the
24. …Catholic Church.
25. #MustRead