Sex abuse victims to face Cardinal George Pell in Rome

Catholic Cardinal George Pell will face an audience of child abuse survivors when he testifies to an Australian inquiry from a Rome hotel. 

Cardinal Pell was excused from returning to Australia to testify at the royal commission into child sex abuse due to ill health. 

Abuse survivors and their supporters have raised enough money to attend Cardinal Pell's testimony in Rome. 

A room at the Hotel Quirinale will be the venue for next week's hearing.

The Cardinal's testimony begins on Monday morning Australian time and is expected to run for three to four days. 

It will be streamed live to the Royal Commission's hearing rooms in Sydney and Ballarat Town Hall, and will also be viewable online.

BBC