ROME
The Australian
BY LLOYD JONES, AAP EUROPE CORRESPONDENT
Child abuse survivors in Rome to hear Cardinal George Pell’s testimony to a royal commission say he struck a more conciliatory and constructive tone, but there’s a long way to go.
Cardinal Pell is making his third appearance before the inquiry into how institutions like churches handled child sexual abuse complaints and is giving evidence by videolink after he was deemed too ill to return to Australia for questioning.
He’s being questioned about what he knew about pedophile priest activity in Ballarat and Melbourne when he served there.
A survivors’ group who travelled to Rome to hear his evidence listened quietly through just over three and a half hours of testimony in the Quirinale Hotel late on Sunday night and early into Monday morning.
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