AUSTRALIA
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AAP
Victorian police are prepared to send officers to Rome to interview Cardinal George Pell about historical sexual abuse allegations made against him.
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 Cardinal strongly denies the accusations and says Victoria Police and the ABC must be investigated to determine whether their actions amount to a “conspiracy to pervert the course of justice”.
Lyndon Monument and Damian Dignan told the ABC’s 7.30 program on Wednesday that Cardinal Pell groped them while they swam at Ballarat’s Eureka Pool during the summer of 1978-79.
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