ROME
Courier Mail
[with live stream]
CARDINAL George Pell is giving evidence to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse via video link from Rome.
Cardinal Pell’s office issued a statement as he was giving evidence saying he will meet with abuse survivors who have flown to Rome from Victoria.
Key Events
10.32AM: Cardinal Pell believes reading a newspaper article in 1972 was the first time he became aware of allegations of abuse by clergy.
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9.21AM: Cardinal Pell said in the 1970s if a priest denied allegations of paedophilia he was inclined to accept their denial
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9.04AM: Cardinal Pell says the handling of Gerald Ridsdale was “catastrophe” for the victims and the church
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8.57AM: Cardinal Pell says the instinct was to protect the institution of the church from shame
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8.55AM: Cardinal Pell has denied he was aware of priests including Gerald Ridsdale being sent off for treatment
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