Australian cardinal says he was deceived by bishop in 1970s

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

CANBERRA, Australia -- One of Pope Francis' top advisers told an Australian inquiry into child sex abuse Tuesday an Australian bishop had deceived him about the reason a pedophile priest repeatedly was transferred from parish to parish.

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