AUSTRALIA
Sky News
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Ballarat clergy abuse victims say they know of no survivors who have come out better from a meeting with Cardinal George Pell.
Cardinal Pell has offered to “meet with and listen to victims and express his ongoing support” after giving evidence at the child abuse royal commission via videolink in Rome.
The statement from the cardinal’s office on Thursday says he has always helped victims, listened to them and considered himself their ally.
David Ridsdale, a member of the Ballarat Child Abuse Survivors group that wants to go to Rome to hear the evidence, says a meeting with the cardinal would be pleasant.
But he said he knew no survivor who had labelled any dealing with Cardinal Pell or the Church-instigated Melbourne Response “a positive experience”.
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