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'Come Home (Cardinal Pell)' by Tim Minchin

Stephen Knight
Feb 17, 2016

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I love Tim Minchin. I doubt I could ever get tired of the beautiful way he infuses comedy, scepticism and music. His sceptical beat poem ‘Storm’ is one of the closest things to perfection I think I’ve ever heard.

Tim’s latest ditty sets its sights firmly on Cardinal Pell. As you can read, Pell is due his day in Australia to answer questions over child sex abuse allegations, but is refusing to travel due to health reasons. See Minchin’s call for him to ‘face the music’ below. Money raised from the sale of this song will go to the survivors of sexual abuse:

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