Victoria Police ‘may Be Split over Decision on Charging George Pell’

By Rebecca Urban
The Australian
June 1, 2017

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Victoria’s top cop has hinted that police could be split over a decision whether to charge Cardinal George Pell with historic child abuse offences.

It was not unusual for police to have different views, particularly in complex matters, chief commissioner Graham Ashton said this morning.

Nevertheless, a decision was closer, he said.

Mr Ashton also revealed that the Taskforce Sano would liaise with lawyers for Cardinal Pell and the victims if a decision was made not to charge the senior Vatican figure.