AUSTRALIA
Sky News
Cardinal George Pell has denied allegations he tried to bribe a victim of pedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale.
David Ridsdale, the nephew of Australia’s worst pedophile priest, has told a royal commission that he told Cardinal Pell in 1993 about the abuse at the hands of his uncle.
He told the royal commission on Wednesday Cardinal Pell, a family friend, asked him: ‘I want to know what it will take to keep you quiet.’
Mr Ridsdale said Cardinal Pell started talking about his growing family and that he may soon have to buy a car or house.
He said his response was ‘f you George and everything you stand for’.
After he hung up, Mr Ridsdale said he told his sisters about the phone conversation.
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