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By Tessa Akerman
The Australian
June 7, 2019

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Cardinal George Pell could be on trial again next year, this time on civil claims that he knew former Christian Brother Ted Bales was sexually abusing children and did nothing to protect potential victims.

A man who was abused by Bales, formerly known as Edward Dowlan, has brought the suit against Pell, the Catholic Education Commission, Ballarat Bishop Paul Bird and Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli.

The man was abused by Bales at Cathedral College in East Melbourne in the early 1980s.