ROME
9 News
By Nick Alexander
Cardinal George Pell has begun testifying before a Royal Commission via video-link from Rome under the watchful gaze of 15 Australian abuse survivors, who are present in his room at the Hotel Quirinale.
Having sworn on a Holy Bible to tell the truth Cardinal Pell began his third appearance before the Royal Commission by saying that he does not intend to “defend the indefensible”.
“The church has made enormous mistakes and is here to remedy those,” Cardinal Pell said, but conceded that the church has “mucked things up and let people down.”
“Unfortunately original sin is alive and well, the tendency to evil in the Catholic Church too,”Cardinal Pell said.
“For good or for ill the church follows the patterns of the society in which it lives.”
Cardinal George Pell has begun testifying before a Royal Commission via video-link from Rome under the watchful gaze of 15 Australian abuse survivors, who are present in his room at the Hotel Quirinale.
Having sworn on a Holy Bible to tell the truth Cardinal Pell began his third appearance before the Royal Commission by saying that he does not intend to “defend the indefensible”.
“The church has made enormous mistakes and is here to remedy those,” Cardinal Pell said, but conceded that the church has “mucked things up and let people down.”
“Unfortunately original sin is alive and well, the tendency to evil in the Catholic Church too,”Cardinal Pell said.
“For good or for ill the church follows the patterns of the society in which it lives.”
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