AUSTRALIA
9 News
A lawyer for a victim of pedophile brother Robert Best has urged a court not to release the transcript of his trial to Australia’s most senior Catholic – Cardinal George Pell.
Cardinal Pell has applied for a transcript of the case as he prepares for an expected appearance at a Victorian parliamentary inquiry into child sexual abuse.
The inquiry has been told Cardinal Pell was present when a grade three student at a Ballarat school in the 1960s described to another priest his alleged rape by Best.
On Friday, Timothy Seccull, a lawyer for one of Best’s victims, opposed Cardinal Pell’s application, saying the cardinal was in effect trying to do the work of the parliamentary inquiry by investigating the allegation.
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