AUSTRALIA
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Liz Burke
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FOR Ballarat sex abuse survivor Phil Nagle, it’s a momentous day.
The 53-year-old has made the journey from his hometown to Melbourne and he’ll this morning head to the Melbourne Magistrates Court where Cardinal George Pell is due to answer historic sexual offence charges.
The powerful clergyman and senior Vatican figure is expected to be met by crowds of survivors and advocates, and a throng of local and international media, when he arrives for the filing hearing.
Mr Nagle has no links to the complaints against Cardinal Pell. Still, he says the court appearance is something he and others have been “waiting many years for”.
He says he’ll be in court to support the complainants, and hopes to see them and their claims respected by the court and by Pell’s legal team.
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