Cardinal George Pell's appearance at royal commission in doubt due to poor health

It just amazes me... how they come sick all of a sudden... Pell the world is watching you... When we were sick... we were thrashed back to work... and as our wee bodies gave up... and we could not lift our heads... we would find ourselves in bed... when we came to... we were doing men's work... in a little girl's body... many a time I would wake up... to find myself in bed... and then I saw the blood... the pain was there... but that was deaden... by the fear of another thrashing... when the nuns saw you... Ann

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There remain doubts over whether Cardinal George Pell will return to Australia next month to give testimony to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, after he failed to travel to the United States this week for a speaking engagement.
Australia's highest-profile Catholic, who is based in Rome where he manages the Vatican's finances, previously cancelled a planned trip to Melbourne in December to give evidence to the commission due to a "worsening" heart condition.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/will-george-pell-return-to-australia-20160128-gmgggs.html