ROME
Sydney Morning Herald
February 29, 2016
Marissa Calligeros
Members of the Australian media have allegedly been shoved and punched by security guards surrounding Cardinal George Pell in Rome.
The Cardinal arrived at an elegant Rome hotel, where he will make his third appearance before the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse, via a side gate three hours early on Monday.
As the Cardinal was arriving at the hotel however, his security guards allegedly took forceful action to protect him from the waiting media.
Channel Nine reporter Amelia Ballinger said cameramen were pushed and shoved, while one reporter was punched.
“Before he even got out of the car a number of big, burly security guards got out before him and they basically assaulted, I guess, for want of a better word, the [television] crew that was waiting there for him,” Ballinger said.
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