AUSTRALIA
ABC – PM
TIM PALMER: The child sex abuse Royal Commission which has denied a request from Cardinal George Pell to give his much anticipated evidence via video link from Rome rather than in person next week.
Lawyers for the Cardinal made the bombshell application at the hearing today, on the grounds of the Cardinal’s ill health.
That prompted laughter from abuse survivors and their supporters in the hearing room.
They’ve welcomed the commission’s insistence George Pell appear in person.
Samantha Donovan reports.
SAMANTHA DONOVAN: Cardinal George Pell had been due to appear before the royal commission in Melbourne next week.
He was expected to be in the witness box for about three days.
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