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Cardinal Pell hits back at claims he is 'under investigation' over child abuse allegations
Source: The Guardian
Cardinal Pell hits back at claims he is 'under investigation' over child abuse allegations
Reports claim Australia’s most senior Catholic and head of the Vatican’s
secretariat for the economy is being investigated for ‘multiple offences’
Melissa Davey and Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome
Friday 19 February 2016 12.59 GMT
A top Vatican official, Cardinal George Pell, has strongly denied allegations of involvement in child sexual abuse, saying they are without foundation and utterly false after reports he is being investigated for “multiple offences” while serving in senior positions within the church in Australia.
Police would not comment on Friday night whether they are investigating Pell, who is Australia’s most senior Catholic and the head of the Vatican’s secretariat for the economy, over the allegations.
Pell has called for a public inquiry to be conducted into the Victorian police, saying the allegations were leaked to damage him.
News Corp Australia claims detectives from taskforce Sano have compiled a dossier containing allegations that Pell committed “multiple offences” when he was a priest in Ballarat, a town in the state’s west, and also when he was working as the archbishop of Melbourne.
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Reports claim Australia’s most senior Catholic and head of the Vatican’s
secretariat for the economy is being investigated for ‘multiple offences’
Melissa Davey and Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome
Friday 19 February 2016 12.59 GMT
A top Vatican official, Cardinal George Pell, has strongly denied allegations of involvement in child sexual abuse, saying they are without foundation and utterly false after reports he is being investigated for “multiple offences” while serving in senior positions within the church in Australia.
Police would not comment on Friday night whether they are investigating Pell, who is Australia’s most senior Catholic and the head of the Vatican’s secretariat for the economy, over the allegations.
Pell has called for a public inquiry to be conducted into the Victorian police, saying the allegations were leaked to damage him.
News Corp Australia claims detectives from taskforce Sano have compiled a dossier containing allegations that Pell committed “multiple offences” when he was a priest in Ballarat, a town in the state’s west, and also when he was working as the archbishop of Melbourne.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/19/cardinal-george-pell-hits-back-at-claims-he-is-under-investigation-over-child-abuse-allegations
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