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Thu May 7, 2020, 03:00 AM May 2020

Cardinal Pell 'knew of' clergy abuse, says Australian royal commission

Source: BBC

Cardinal Pell 'knew of' clergy abuse, says Australian royal commission

7 May 2020

Cardinal George Pell knew of child sexual abuse by priests in Australia as early as the 1970s but failed to take action, a landmark inquiry has found.

The findings on Cardinal Pell - an ex-Vatican treasurer - come from Australia's royal commission into child sexual abuse, which ended in 2017.

The previously redacted findings were only revealed on Thursday.

A court had previously banned their publication because the cleric was facing child abuse charges at the time.

Cardinal Pell was convicted of child abuse in 2018, but last month was released from jail after Australia's top court overturned his conviction.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-52569092
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