In evidence to the Australian royal commission into child sex abuse, the
cardinal acknowledged to a greater extent than before that he had heard
some complaints of abuse in the diocese of Ballarat, writes. George Pell has shifted ground. The news from his latest stint in the box at the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse is that he wasn’t deaf and he wasn’t blind back in the old days in Ballarat.
The cardinal took no body blows. He endured interrogation by Gail Furness SC, counsel assisting the commission, with almost perfect calm. His energy didn’t fail him. In his leathery voice he answered over and again, “That is correct.”
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The cardinal took no body blows. He endured interrogation by Gail Furness SC, counsel assisting the commission, with almost perfect calm. His energy didn’t fail him. In his leathery voice he answered over and again, “That is correct.”
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/29/george-pell-heard-rumours-of-sex-abuse-ballarat-royal-commission-rome?CMP=share_btn_fb#_=_