AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Louise Milligan, staff
Australia’s most senior Catholic cleric, Cardinal George Pell, has been interviewed by Victoria Police detectives over historic child abuse allegations.
In a statement, Victoria Police confirmed to the ABC’s 7.30 program that “three members of Victoria Police travelled to Rome last week where Cardinal George Pell voluntarily participated in an interview regarding allegations of sexual assault”.
“As a result of the interview further investigations are continuing. We are not prepared to comment further at this time,” the statement said.
The ABC’s 7.30 program revealed the allegations on July 27, with complainants Lyndon Monument and Damian Dignan interviewed on the program about alleged inappropriate touching at Ballarat’s Eureka pool in the 1970s.
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