ROME
The New Daily
Mar 3, 2016
ROSE DONOHOE Reporter
Cardinal George Pell has finished his fourth and final day of giving evidence via video link from Rome to the Royal Commission on Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Sydney.
On Thursday morning (AEDT) the hearing kicked off with Cardinal Pell being asked why so many paedophile priests were placed in Ballarat during the 1970s and ’80s, to which he said it was a “disastrous coincidence”.
By the end of the day’s proceedings he fronted a media pack for the first time since the hearing began on Monday.
“I hope that my appearance here has contributed a bit to healing,” Cardinal Pell told reporters just before 4am Rome time.
When asked if he believed that he was the victim of a witch hunt, Cardinal Pell replied “I’ll leave that to you to figure out”, before heading home to bed.
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