In his first sit-down interview since giving evidence at the Royal
Commission, Cardinal George Pell admitted he put the church before
clergy abuse victims "for a while" but claimed there "is no shred of
evidence that I'm a man of cover-up".
Australia's highest ranking Catholic told Andrew Bolt, in an hour long interview broadcast on Sky News on Friday night, he was scared to meet the survivors of child sex abuse who travelled to Rome to hear him testify in the fear of going "backwards rather than forwards".
"I didn't want a punch up that would make things worse for the church.. or them," Pell told Bolt.
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Australia's highest ranking Catholic told Andrew Bolt, in an hour long interview broadcast on Sky News on Friday night, he was scared to meet the survivors of child sex abuse who travelled to Rome to hear him testify in the fear of going "backwards rather than forwards".
"I didn't want a punch up that would make things worse for the church.. or them," Pell told Bolt.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/03/04/cardinal-george-pell-andrew-bolt-interview_n_9381122.html?utm_hp_ref=australia