AUSTRALIA
Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)
Cardinal George Pell says he’s entitled as an Australian to get “a fair go” over historical sex abuse allegations and has promised to co-operate with authorities.
Two men have come forward to say Australia’s most senior Catholic cleric groped their genitals in the 1970s, while another says he saw the priest expose himself to young boys.
Victoria Police has sent a brief of evidence to the Office of Public Prosecutions and is waiting to hear if charges should be laid.
“The allegations are untrue. I deny them absolutely,” Cardinal Pell told reporters in Rome.
“I’ve got no intention of adding to the discomfort or the harm of the people who made the allegations, but they’re not true.
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