Cardinal George Pell to face police questioning in Rome over historic child sex abuse claims

AUSTRALIA
Daily Mail (UK)

By RACHEL EDDIE FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA and AAP

Police are likely fly to Rome to investigate allegations of historical child sex abuse against Cardinal George Pell.

Police on Wednesday said they are considering whether to lay charges over alleged historical sexual assaults.

The allegations date back to between 1976 and 1980 in Ballarat East, Victoria, and between 1996 and 2001 in East Melbourne.

Two men accused Cardinal Pell of groping their genitals at a pool in the 1970s, while another says he saw the priest expose himself to young boys.

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