Pell gives passport copy to newspaper to refute abuse claim

Friday, July 3rd, 2015

Cardinal George Pell has provided a newspaper with a copy of his passport details to disprove an abuse-related accusation.

Paul Lyons, 55, was raped by Christian Brother Robert Best in 1969 and, a few weeks later, appealed to priests at St Alipius presbytery in Ballarat.

Mr Lyons had claimed Cardinal Pell, who was then a young priest, was among those who heard his complaint, but did nothing.

He had recently challenged the cardinal to provide details of his whereabouts in 1969.

Cardinal Pell provided his passport from the 1960s and 1970s to the Herald Sun, and it showed he was studying at Oxford that year.

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