Australia's highest-ranking Catholic has succeeded in his bid to remain in The Vatican, after the child abuse Royal Commission accepted a doctor's report that he's too sick to return to Australia to testify. Cardinal George Pell will be questioned via video link about his knowledge of clerical sexual abuse in the Victorian Diocese of Ballarat, where he was a priest before becoming a Bishop in Melbourne. The former Bishop of Ballarat, Ronald Mulkearns, has been ordered to give evidence and will also be questioned via video link.
Australia's highest-ranking Catholic has succeeded in his bid to remain in The Vatican, after the child abuse Royal Commission accepted a doctor's report that he's too sick to return to Australia to testify. Cardinal George Pell will be questioned via video link about his knowledge of clerical sexual abuse in the Victorian Diocese of Ballarat, where he was a priest before becoming a Bishop in Melbourne. The former Bishop of Ballarat, Ronald Mulkearns, has been ordered to give evidence and will also be questioned via video link.
