ROME
ABC News
By Europe correspondent Lisa Millar
Cardinal George Pell has held what he called a “hard and honest” meeting with Australian survivors of clergy sex abuse in Rome.
The meeting came just hours after Cardinal Pell finished testifying before the royal commission, admitting he had once ignored a child’s warning about an abusive priest.
Reading from a handwritten statement, he said he was committed to working with Ballarat to try to help those suffering.
“I heard each of their stories and of their suffering,” Cardinal Pell said.
“It was hard. An honest and occasionally emotional meeting.”
He said he was committed to working with survivors from Ballarat and surrounding areas.
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