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ABC is pro-gay and anti-Christian

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The status of Cardinal George Pell , the Catholic archbishop of Sydney, seems to differ according to the issues in which he is involved. When Pell expresses scepticism about human-induced climate change, there is invariably a rush to computers and microphones to declare that he is not head of the Catholic Church in Australia . Last month, Bishop Pat Power, a long-time critic of Pell, declared the Cardinal's position on climate change was not in the tradition of "mainstream Australian Catholicism" and was contrary to the position of Pope Benedict XVI . Yet when Pell is involved, however indirectly, in a controversy about sexual abuse or any other scandal, there is a tendency to depict him as managing director of Australian Catholicism, responsible for all its sins of commission and omission. This is not the case - as ABC producers and presenters should know. The formal head of the church is the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference - Archbishop Den