AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
BY GENEVIEVE GANNON AAP MAY 27, 2013
CARDINAL George Pell says the Catholic Church will pay victims of child sex abuse appropriate compensation but he doesn’t think it has a moral obligation to match the billions paid out in the United States.
Australia’s most senior Catholic says the church will pay whatever the law deems necessary.
“We are always ready to pay whatever the law of the land says about compensation,” Cardinal Pell told a Victorian child abuse inquiry.
“Many of the victims aren’t particularly interested in money.
“The more important thing is due process, justice and help with getting on with their lives.
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