Christoph Dielmann: "In the past, children were not encouraged to speak out"

Pastor Christoph Dielmann SBS German Melbourne

"Wenn früher ein Kind nachhause kam und sagte, 'der hat mich angefasst', dann hat's von der Mutter rechts und links eins reinbekommen." Source: SBS

Christoph Dielmann is the pastor of the German Lutheran Trinity Church at 22 Parliament Place, East Melbourne. The little house of worship, built in 1874, sits just across majestic St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral where George Pell abused two choir boys 22 years ago. We met up with Pastor Dielmann, just a few hours after Cardinal Pell's sensational incarceration.


Pastor Christoph Dielmann SBS German Melbourne
Pastor Christoph Dielmann mit SBS-Reporterin Saadet Czapski in East Melbourne Source: SBS
St Patrick's Cathedral East Melbourne
Nichts wird mehr so sein, wie es einmal war: Die St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne Source: SBS
And this is how we reported the sensational verdict against George Pell

George Pell: Shock and anger after a jury finds the Cardinal guilty of sexual abuse against children


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