AUSTRALIA
Goondiwindi Argus
Melissa Cunningham and AAP
26 Oct 2016
Victorian police have questioned Australia’s most senior Catholic cleric, Cardinal George Pell, as they investigate allegations of historical sexual abuse made against him.
Three police travelled to Rome last week to meet the former Ballarat priest and Melbourne archbishop, who rejects all the allegations and voluntarily participated in an interview.
“As a result of the interview further investigations are continuing. We are not prepared to comment further at this time,” police said in a statement on Wednesday.
Police are investigating multiple allegations of sexual assault said to have occurred in Ballarat East between 1976 and 1980, and East Melbourne between 1996 and 2001
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