AUSTRALIA
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Victims of clergy sexual abuse say the Catholic Church must change and end an era of cover-ups and unaccountability.
Australia’s most senior Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, has apologised to victims and said he accepted moral responsibility for failures committed by his predecessors.
Hundreds of victims and their supporters attended Monday’s hearing of the Victorian parliamentary abuse inquiry in Melbourne, with many queueing for several hours to hear the cardinal’s evidence.
Some victims protested outside the hearing, holding banners that urged Cardinal Pell to tell the truth.
There were angry scenes before the hearing when it appeared space would not be able to be found for people in an overflow room, but they were all accommodated.
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