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Cardinal George Pell has again denied asking a nephew and victim of pedophile priest Gerald Francis Ridsdale what it would take to keep him quiet.
David Ridsdale has told the child abuse royal commission when he told Cardinal Pell in 1993 he had been abused by his uncle, the then Melbourne bishop asked him: “I want to know what it will take to keep you quiet.”
Cardinal Pell has repeatedly denied the claim, which he did again before the commission on Thursday.
The hearing via video link from Rome began an hour earlier at 9pm Rome time, 7am Sydney time.
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