Vatican asserts victims – in Rome to watch Cardinal George Pell give evidence to an inquiry into child sexual abuse – did not recede through proper channels Australian victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests said on Friday they were disappointed they could not talk to Pope Francis and contested the Vatican’s assertion that they did not recede through the proper channels for a meeting.
The group of approximately 15 were in Rome for a week to watch Cardinal George Pell give evidence via video link to an Australian government commission approximately sexual abuse in Australia when he was a priest and bishop there in the 1970s and 1980s. He is now the Vatican’s treasurer.
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Source: theguardian.com