BishopAccountability.org
 
  Pell Letter Misled Sex Abuse Victim

ABC News
July 7, 2008

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/07/2296984.htm

As the Catholic church prepares to celebrate World Youth Day, ABC 1's Lateline program will tonight publish documents that raise new questions about how the country's most senior churchman, Cardinal George Pell, has handled sexual abuse allegations against a clergyman.

The documents show that Cardinal Pell wrote to a victim who had been abused by a Catholic priest telling him there were no other complaints against the priest, even though Cardinal Pell knew there was another victim and also wrote to him on the same day.

Lateline's investigation shows Cardinal Pell ignored a report from his own church investigators recommending that the victim's allegation be upheld.

 
 

Any original material on these pages is copyright © BishopAccountability.org 2004. Reproduce freely with attribution.