Cardinal Pell has yet to give evidence to the Royal Commission into Child Abuse in Ballarat, but his spectre looms large over proceedings. It appears some of your fellow brethren agree. Pell and his advisors have long been in acute damage control since his personal testimony to the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into Child Abuse by Religious and Other Organisations called by then Premier Liberal Ted Baillieu on 17 April 2012.
The Inquiry was prompted by persistent media reports, the documented suicides of victims and decades long courageous advocacy by victims/survivors, families, support groups and champion lawyers, including Dr Vivian Waller.