Vatican to Provide Documents on Abuse

The Age
May 27, 2013

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/vatican-to-provide-documents-on-abuse-20130527-2n70g.html

All the documents the Vatican has on child sex abuse will be made available to the royal commission, Australia's most senior Catholic says.

Cardinal George Pell says he has discussed the royal commission with a senior Vatican official.

"He assured me that every document that the Vatican had will be available to the royal commission," Cardinal Pell told Victoria's parliamentary inquiry into child abuse.

He added the proper channels would have to be followed, "recognising that the Holy See is an independent company".

He corrected himself to say country, but this was drowned out by uproar from the public gallery at Monday's hearing.

"We've said we will co-operate fully with the royal commission and we mean to," Cardinal Pell said.

He rejected a suggestion that Pope Benedict XVI resigned because of the sex-abuse scandal.

"Benedict is part of the answer and not part of the problem," Cardinal Pell said.