ROME
ABC News
By London bureau chief Lisa Millar
It is a long haul — the hours after midnight.
But Cardinal George Pell appeared engaged until the end.
At 3:00am in Rome, lawyer Kristine Hanscombe, who was in Sydney, asked if he was able to continue for another five minutes.
“Of course,” Cardinal Pell said, as if there was nothing out of the ordinary about this entire event.
The final day will be even longer — six hours — from 9:00pm until 3:00am in Rome.
That should remove the need for a fifth day of hearings.
But it is the sideline issue over who is meeting who that is becoming the focus here in Rome.
The Ballarat group was looking for a meeting with Cardinal Pell by the end of the week, but now they want to meet the Pontiff.
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