Pell accuses police, ABC of collaborating against him

Police have rejected accusations they conspired with the ABC to pervert the course of justice in an ongoing investigation into sex-abuse claims levelled against Cardinal George Pell. Two men have gone public with claims they were abused by Australia's most senior Catholic cleric as far back as the 1970s. In a statement, Cardinal Pell has hinted at a collaboration between police and the A-B-C in what he calls a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Image: Cardinal George Pell (AAP)