AUSTRALIA
Illawarra Mercury
Melissa Cunningham
@MeljCunningham
27 Jul 2016
Allegations of Ballarat’s Cardinal George Pell sexually abusing children in the 1970s through to the 1990s have emerged.
Alleged victims told the ABC’s 7.30 Report program Cardinal Pell abused them as children in locations across Victoria including in Ballarat, Toquay and Melbourne.
The program revealed Victoria Police’s Taskforce SANO has been examining allegations from complainants for more than a year, and is looking into incidents that allegedly happened during Cardinal Pell’s time as Archbishop of Melbourne in the 1990s.
The program has obtained eight police statements from complainants, witnesses and family members who are helping the taskforce with its investigation.
Cardinal Pell has categorically denied the accusations.
He described the claims as “totally untrue and utterly wrong”.
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