AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
Cardinal George Pell helped shift paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale between parishes, royal commission hears
SHANNON DEERY HERALD SUN MAY 19, 2015
SECRET church documents tendered to a royal commission reveal that Cardinal George Pell helped move Australia’s worst paedophile priest between parishes.
The revelation at the inquiry into child sexual abuse has sparked calls for the former Archbishop of Melbourne to return from The Vatican — where he now oversees the Catholic Church’s finances — to explain his involvement in the handling of vile pervert Gerald Francis Ridsdale.
The shamed priest has spent decades behind bars and has admitted molesting at least 54 children across Victoria.
But the total is thought to be more than 200, as he was routinely moved between parishes despite a string of complaints against him.
Cardinal Pell has persistently denied knowing the extent of Ridsdale’s offending.
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