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Cardinal George Pell, who was deemed too ill to fly to Australia for the child abuse royal commission, has been spotted out and about in Rome downing a large beer and a hearty meal.
Australia’s most senior Catholic stated that he was unable to travel overseas as the long flight would put him at risk of ‘heart failure’.
The 74-year-old Cardinal was spotted drinking beer and enjoying a lunch of steak and chips at a restaurant in Rome on April 18, leading one heart-broken mother to slam his medical report as ‘bunkum’.
Cardinal George Pell was spotted drinking a large beer and enjoying a hearty meal six weeks after stating he could not fly to Australia for risk of ‘heart failure’. Photo: The Age
Ruth Lane’s six children all fell victim to the abuse of a clergyman in Ballarat with her second eldest son, John, even taking his own life.
She told the Daily Mail she was ‘disgusted’ by the photographs of Cardinal Pell.
“He’s doing that even with a bad heart?” she said.
“I am absolutely disgusted because he is protecting the church, he doesn’t care about the survivors or the victims.
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