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March 3, 2016

Cardinal says he reported complaints, but did not know of sex abuse

Victims and relatives of children who claim they were sexually abused by the Catholic Church hold placards as they stand outside the venue for Australia's Royal Commission Into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse in Sydney Feb. 29.

SYDNEY - For a third consecutive day, a top Vatican official gave testimony to an Australian commission about what he knew of the Church's reassignment of abusive priests.

Published in International
March 2, 2016

Cardinal: Bishop committed 'gross deception' about Australian pedophile

David Ridsdale, who was sexually abused by his uncle Father Gerald Ridsdale, shows a yellow ribbon as he speaks with media in front of the Hotel Quirinale in Rome Feb. 28. Australian Cardinal George Pell is testifying via video link from the hotel to Australia's Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Sydney.

SYDNEY - When former Bishop Ronald Mulkearns of Ballarat moved a pedophile priest from parish to parish in the early 1970s without divulging the underlying reasons for the moves, the appointments implied the bishop had confidence in the priest, Cardinal George Pell told Australia's Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Published in International
February 29, 2016

Cardinal tells Australian abuse hearing he won't defend indefensible

Australian Cardinal George Pell is seen in this Oct. 6, 2014 file photo at the Vatican.

SYDNEY - The Vatican's Prefect for the Secretariat of the Economy, Cardinal George Pell, told a special hearing of Australia's Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse that he was not trying "to defend the indefensible."

Published in International