Pell to appear before Vic abuse inquiry

AUSTRALIA
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The Catholic Church’s Sydney and Melbourne archbishops will give evidence before a Victorian parliamentary inquiry into child abuse.

Australia’s most senior Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, will appear before a Victorian child abuse inquiry.

Cardinal Pell, the archbishop of Sydney, and Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart will give evidence to the parliamentary inquiry’s next public hearings later this month.

They welcomed the opportunity to appear before the inquiry, a statement from the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne said.

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