AUSTRALIA
Huffington Post
Libby-Jane Charleston Associate Editor
Australia’s most senior Catholic Cleric, Cardinal George Pell has called for an investigation into Victorian police following accusations of child abuse; accusations he has strongly denied.
Pell has accused police of ‘conspiring’ with the ABC to pervert the course of justice. The allegations surround accusations of child abuse involving alleged incidents in the 1990s when he was Archbishop of Melbourne. Such allegations were first brought to light by News Corp in February.
The ABC’s 7.30 program reported it had obtained eight police statements from complainants, witnesses and family members. The allegations arose from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and focuses on complainants from Ballarat, Torquay and Melbourne.
The case has now reportedly been referred to the Office of Public Prosecutions following an investigation by Victorian police taskforce SANO.
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