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TVNZ
A group of Australian survivors of child sex abuse by Catholic clergy are flying to Rome tonight to watch Cardinal George Pell give evidence to Australia’s abuse royal commission.
Cardinal Pell, a former Ballarat priest and Melbourne archbishop who is now in charge of the Vatican’s finances, will give evidence about the church’s handling of abuse in the Ballarat diocese and Melbourne archdiocese on Monday.
Some other survivors and the parents of victims have already arranged private flights.
“He’s worked his way right through the hierarchy right up to the top of the Catholic Church so we really want to hear the truth about what happened,” Chrissie Foster, whose daughters were abused, told the ABC at Melbourne Airport this morning.
“It’s about time we saw some action out of the Catholic Church so maybe hearing the whole truth from him we might actually start to see some action.”
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