ROME
Daily Mail
By ISABEL HUNTER IN ROME FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA
As police consider travelling to Rome to question Cardinal George Pell over child sex abuse allegations, Australia’s top Catholic has been seen strolling along the streets in the early spring sunshine.
Cardinal Pell, 74, dropped into his local café with a friend on Saturday afternoon, the day after explosive revelations that he is the subject of a year-long investigation by Victoria Police for the alleged sexual abuse of up to ten minors from 1978 to 2001.
Just a stone’s throw from St Peter’s Basilica, the Pope’s special Jubilee Saturday Mass could be heard from Cardinal Pell’s luxurious apartment block.
Thousands of pilgrims flocked to hear Pope Frances’ morning Mass, his first since he returned to Vatican City from Mexico on Thursday.
Set aside for the Pope’s inner circle, Cardinal Pell’s apartment sits on a piazza lined with cafés, souvenir shops and heavy security – Italian police armed with pistols and soldiers with assault rifles patrol the block and intermingle with tourists, padres and nuns alike.
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