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Posted by: Pat Mitchell | 21 August, 2014
Cardinal George Pell says money was never a primary concern when he set up the Melbourne Response compensation scheme for the victims of abuse by the clergy.
Cardinal George Pell admits he originally took complaints about sexual abuse involving Catholic clergy with a “grain of salt”.
He told the Royal Commission into child abuse via video link from the Vatican there were groups such as Broken Rites who very active in pushing for the church to act on behalf of the victims.
“With some of those groups, I took what they said with a grain of salt but nonetheless there was evidence that something needed to be done to deal with the suffering,” he said.
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