“If Pell ... has always had hangers-on and Pell didn’t hang around [after mass] ... those are critical bits of information,” Richter said. Reed said detectives had not obtained the exact dates Pell gave mass in 1996 because they had executed search warrants at the Melbourne Archdiocese. But the archives of the church, which included records of dates Pell gave mass, were kept at a different location, Richter told the court. “I didn’t know where the archives were.”Richter then asked: “Did anyone ever ask Cardinal Pell to show them his diaries?”“No,” Reed replied. George Pell: former student says he never saw cardinal do anything 'untoward' Read moreRichter said police had not interviewed anyone who could corroborate evidence against Pell.

Source: The Guardian March 29, 2018 05:37 UTC