Cardinal George Pell Faces Claims He Groped Boys in Victoria in 1970s

The Australian
July 27, 2016

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Two men have come forward claiming Cardinal George Pell groped them at a Victoria pool in the 1970s.

The men, who were in primary school at the time and have given a statement to Victorian police, say Cardinal Pell abused them when he would frequent Ballarat’s Eureka Pool during the summer of 1978-79.

One of the men, Lyndon Monument told ABC’s 7.30 he was reluctant to speak up because of the power Cardinal Pell held.

“I didn’t like it, but because it was a church and he was George Pell, we just - you just weren’t game to ever say anything, you know what I mean,” Mr Monument told 7.30.

The two men, now in their 40s, have given separate statements to Victoria Police’s special Taskforce Sano last year.

Cardinal Pell, who was a priest in Ballarat in the 70s has denied the allegations, saying claims he has sexually abused anyone, at any place and at any time were “totally untrue and completely wrong”.