AUSTRALIA
The Australian
Cardinal George Pell says he is prepared to give evidence in person to the royal commission into child abuse.
The Cardinal has been criticised for his failure to appear at the inquiry sitting in Ballarat.
However this morning he released a statement saying he would appear before the commission “in person, if asked to do so.”
Cardinal Pell said he had made the offer in a letter written to the chair of the commission, Justice Peter McClellem, last night, although he stressed that he had not been asked to give evidence in any form.
STATEMENT: Pell offers to appear at inquiry
“I just want to make it absolutely clear that I am willing to give evidence should the Commission request this, be it by statement, appearance by video link, or by attending personally,” he said in the statement.
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