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Sky News
Cardinal George Pell insists he only tried to help the victims of a Victorian paedophile priest, and has apologised for their suffering.
Christine and Anthony Foster won a $750,000 settlement from the Melbourne archdiocese after two of their daughters were raped by notorious abuser Father Kevin O’Donnell.
Mr Foster said Cardinal Pell showed a ‘sociopathic lack of empathy’ when they met to discuss the case in the 1990s.
In his statement to the child abuse royal commission, Cardinal Pell said he had not tried to insult the Fosters.
‘I am sorry for anything I did to upset them at this meeting,’ he said.
‘It was certainly not my intention to upset them. I wanted to help them.’
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