AUSTRALIA
The Courier
By All stories by Melissa Cunningham
Dec. 17, 2015, 1:30 p.m.
DAY ONE
Mulkearns in palliative care, will not give evidence
In her opening address on Monday, counsel assisting the royal commission Gail Furness said Bishop Ronald Mulkearns remained subject to a summons to appear before the commission, but is receiving palliative care and is unfit to give evidence. Read more.
Victim and nephew to convicted paedophile takes to the stand
Lawyers for Cardinal George Pell have suggested clergy sex abuse victim David Ridsdale misunderstood a conversation between him and the senior Vatican official in which he claims Cardinal Pell attempted to bribe him. Read more.
Fresh allegations about Pell emerge
Allegations against Australia’s most senior clergy at the Vatican continue to mount, with new claims emerging he told another parish priest disgraced paedophile Gerald Ridsdale was having sex with boys again. Read more.
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