AUSTRALIA/ROME
ABC News
Cardinal George Pell will give evidence to the child abuse royal commission via video link from the Hotel Quirinale in Rome from next Monday.
The four-star hotel is located in the heart of the Italian capital, near the Piazza Della Repubblica.
A group of survivors will fly to Italy to hear Cardinal Pell’s evidence in person after a GoFundMe campaign raised funds for their trip.
The royal commission has called for people to register their interest to witness Cardinal Pell’s evidence given in Rome, which will be video streamed to a public hearing in Sydney.
Australia’s most high profile Catholic has hit back at criticism over his inability to return to Australia to appear in person before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
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