AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
Pope Francis urged to force Cardinal George Pell to explain role in paedophile sex abuse cover-up
SHANNON DEERY HERALD SUN MAY 20, 2015
POPE Francis is being urged to force Cardinal George Pell to explain any involvement he may have had in the cover-up of paedophile priest Gerald Francis Ridsdale.
Secret church documents tendered to a royal commission yesterday revealed that the Cardinal helped move Australia’s worst paedophile priest between parishes.
The move came decades after complaints were first made about Ridsdale and years before his last known offending.
It is not clear whether Cardinal Pell knew of the offending.
Now a social media campaign is demanding Pope Francis act on the stunning revelation.
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