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Title: Victorian Government backs release of unredacted Royal Commission findings on child sex abuse
Author: Andrew Ware
Publisher: ABC News
Date: 27APR2020
Victoria’s Attorney General, Jill Hennessy, has said there are no legal impediments to prevent the release of unredacted portions of the findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Key points:
- A government spokesperson said the release of the report was a matter for the Royal Commission
- The acquittal of Cardinal George Pell cleared the way for the report’s release
- Christian Porter said he wanted to consult with state counterparts before tabling the report in Federal Parliament
The unanimous High Court decision acquitting George Pell earlier this month cleared the way for the release of some unpublished findings of the Royal Commission relating to his evidence about the way in which allegations of abuse were handled in the Catholic diocese of Ballarat.
Cardinal Pell was questioned about what he may have known about paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale and the offending of other priests.
He was also scrutinised about the Catholic Church’s hardline approach to sexual abuse cases during his time as archbishop of Sydney.
Now that Cardinal Pell has been acquitted, the Federal Attorney-General, Christian Porter can table the Royal Commission’s unredacted reports in Parliament.
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