AUSTRALIA
Border Mail
By Mark Russell
Nov. 23, 2012
A judge today said he had “a sense of anxiety or discomfort” about a request by Cardinal George Pell for sensitive material relating to the trial of convicted paedophile and Catholic brother Robert Charles Best.
But County Court judge Roy Punshon said he recognised some of the material sought by Cardinal Pell was highly relevant to the allegations made against him.
Lawyers for Cardinal Pell have applied to the County Court for access to the transcript of the trial involving Best and one of his victims.
The victim, known as V2, claims Cardinal Pell was present when the boy had complained of being raped by Best.
Cardinal Pell has described the victim’s claims as “irresponsible, untrue” and said they were “absolutely denied”.
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