A priest has denied a survivor's allegations that Cardinal George
Pell joked to him about paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale sexually
abusing children.
A survivor, known as BWE, told a royal commission on Monday that he overheard then-Father Pell speaking to parish priest Father Frank Madden in the sacristy at St Patrick's Cathedral in Ballarat while he prepared to serve as an altar boy for a funeral mass in 1983. BWE said Father Madden had asked Father Pell 'How's everything your way?' and that he responded by saying, 'Ha ha I think Gerry's been rooting boys again'."
http://www.smh.com.au/national/priest-says-it-was-impossible-that-george-pell-joked-about-child-sex-abuse-20151209-gljlwd.html
A survivor, known as BWE, told a royal commission on Monday that he overheard then-Father Pell speaking to parish priest Father Frank Madden in the sacristy at St Patrick's Cathedral in Ballarat while he prepared to serve as an altar boy for a funeral mass in 1983. BWE said Father Madden had asked Father Pell 'How's everything your way?' and that he responded by saying, 'Ha ha I think Gerry's been rooting boys again'."
http://www.smh.com.au/national/priest-says-it-was-impossible-that-george-pell-joked-about-child-sex-abuse-20151209-gljlwd.html