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Abuse Royal Commission: Family ‘paid Off’ after Complaint to George Pell

By Tessa Akerman
The Australian
December 7, 2015

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A witness has told the child sex abuse royal commission that he believes his family was paid off following him visiting Cardinal George Pell in 1973 to complain about his brother being molested by a Christian Brother in Ballarat.

BWF told the commission he was 14 and a boarder at St Patrick’s College in Ballarat when his younger brother, BWG, was beaten and molested by Brother Ted Dowlan.

He said went to complain to then Father George Pell at the presbytery after school because the principal refused to come and meet with him.

“Because I was nervous, I just blurted out to Pell that Dowlan had beaten and molested BWG and demanded to know what Pell was going to do about it,” he said.

 

 

 

 

 




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