AUSTRALIA
BBC News
An inquiry into child sex abuse in Australia has cleared the way for victims to be present when Australia’s most senior Catholic gives testimony.
Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican’s finance chief, will speak to the inquiry from Rome next week.
He has been excused from returning to Australia because of ill health, which has angered child abuse survivors.
The commissioner, Justice Peter McClellan, said it was “reasonable” for victims to watch Cardinal Pell speak.
The logistics of having Cardinal Pell testify in front of victims were previously in question, but Justice McClellan said a suitable hotel room had been found in central Rome.
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