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Cardinal George Pell has been accused of dismissing a victim’s accusations against a pedophile priest at a Victorian Catholic school.
Timothy Green, 53, told the abuse royal commission that he told then Father Pell that something had to be done about Brother Edward Dowlan touching boys.
“Father Pell said don’t be ridiculous and walked off,” Mr Green said.
Commission chair Justice Peter McClellan said the commissioners expect to make a finding about what Cardinal Pell was told as it relates to how the church responded to allegations overall.
Counsel Peter Gray SC said he had been instructed that the church would not seek to dismiss Mr Green’s claims.
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