In 2016, George Pell told the royal commission investigating child sexual abuse that tales of child abuse by a notorious paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale "was a sad story and of not much interest to me”.
“I had no reason to turn my mind to the evils Ridsdale had perpetrated,” he said.
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Michael Pelly is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. He has been a senior adviser to federal and state attorneys-general and written two books, one a biography of former High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. Email Michael at michael.pelly@afr.com
