Cardinal George Pell has defended his decision not to return to
Australia for this week's public hearing of the Royal Commission into
child sexual abuse, with a spokesperson saying reports casting doubt on
the authenticity of the evidence of the 74-year-old Cardinal's heart
condition were "misleading" and "mischievous".
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse announced on 11 December that Cardinal Pell would not be appearing from 16 December, as planned, and that Mr Justice Peter McClellan, the Commission Chair, had refused an application by the Cardinal's legal representative, Mr Allan Myers, QC, that Cardinal Pell give evidence by video link.
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The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse announced on 11 December that Cardinal Pell would not be appearing from 16 December, as planned, and that Mr Justice Peter McClellan, the Commission Chair, had refused an application by the Cardinal's legal representative, Mr Allan Myers, QC, that Cardinal Pell give evidence by video link.
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