AUSTRALIA
Adelaide Now
Lloyd Jones
AAP
May 28, 2013
A MAN who was sexually abused as a boy by Catholic brothers says it is “beyond belief” that Cardinal George Pell was unaware of abuse by clergy over many years.
Cardinal Pell, Australia’s most senior Catholic, admitted to Victoria’s child sex abuse inquiry that a fear of scandal had led to cover-ups of child sex abuse in the church.
He was “absolutely sorry” for what had happened, but he had never personally covered up clergy abuse, he told the inquiry in Melbourne on Monday.
But many abuse victims were not satisfied with Cardinal Pell’s apology, saying it was insincere and he had diverted blame to others.
Sydney resident John Hennessey told AAP on Tuesday he was sexually abused by Christian Brothers at Boys Town in Western Australia where he went as a boy migrant from Britain in 1947.
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