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Cardinal George Pell has denied any knowledge of pedophile priests being sent for psychiatric treatment by the bishop of Ballarat when he was based in the Victorian diocese.
Cardinal Pell, giving evidence to the child abuse royal commission via video link from Rome, said he was “certainly not” aware the former Bishop of Ballarat Ronald Mulkearns was sending priests off to be treated for sexual offending.
“I wasn’t aware of Mulkearns sending anyone off for sexual offending,” he said.
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