ROME
The Australian
[with live stream from Rome]
FEBRUARY 29, 2016
Jacquelin Magnay
European correspondent
John Lyons
Associate Editor
Sydney
7.55am: I am inside the Verdi Room at the Hotel Quirinale and it is already full, reports Jacquelin Magnay. Several priests are standing alongside the walls, looking very prominent. Everyone just chatting at the moment.
Cardinal Pell will give his evidence in an area at the front of the room. He will have his own large TV screen to be able to watch the royal commission in Sydney. Adjacent to him in Rome will be one of his lawyers, although his barrister is back in Sydney.
All of the questioning of Cardinal Pell will occur from Sydney – there will be no cross examination from anyone in Rome.
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