Cardinal George Pell has revealed he is ashamed of the Catholic Church for the way it dealt with the “cancer” of child sex abuse in the past. In an exclusive interview with Sky News, the exonerated cardinal talks candidly about the scourge of child abuse within his own church and how the many failures to act still haunt him today.
Cardinal Pell speaks
Cardinal George Pell has revealed he is ashamed of the Catholic Church for the way it dealt with the “cancer” of child sex abuse in the past. In an exclusive interview with Sky News, the exonerated cardinal talks candidly about the scourge of child abuse within his own church and how the many failures to act still haunt him today.
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