Cardinal George Pell was worried about his planned appearance at a
child abuse royal commission last month, his former housemate says. Reverend
John Walshe told the commission on Tuesday that they had had lunch at
Cardinal Pell's apartment in Rome in November, towards the end of a
European holiday.
Father Walshe said that Cardinal Pell told him that he was trying his best to prepare for the upcoming hearing, where he was to give evidence of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations in Ballarat and Melbourne. The commission was "weighing on him" and he was worried about it, Father Walshe said.
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Father Walshe said that Cardinal Pell told him that he was trying his best to prepare for the upcoming hearing, where he was to give evidence of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations in Ballarat and Melbourne. The commission was "weighing on him" and he was worried about it, Father Walshe said.
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