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Victims are angry Cardinal George Pell’s postponed royal commission appearance means they have to wait even longer for the Catholic Church to be held accountable.

Cardinal Pell was to appear before the child abuse royal commission in Melbourne next week but will now front a Ballarat sitting in February.

Stephen Woods was among victims of pedophile priests outraged by Cardinal Pell’s attempt to give his evidence via videolink from Rome next week, due to a worsened heart condition.

“Being held in February, that’s fine, but of course the victims are still waiting,” Mr Woods told reporters.

“We’ve been waiting years. Yet again the victims have to pay the price of an organisation that just does not want to be held accountable.”