George Pell child abuse allegations under investigation

By Emily Woods
Updated July 28 2016 - 3:16pm, first published 3:00pm
Cardinal George Pell in Rome in March. Picture: Getty Images
Cardinal George Pell in Rome in March. Picture: Getty Images

Police are investigating multiple allegations of child abuse against Australia's most senior Catholic cleric, Cardinal George Pell, including that he touched the genitals of children while swimming in a public pool in Ballarat in the late 1970s.

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