Cardinal Pell says he accepts Ridsdale was moved from

Inglewood,

to Kangaroo Flat, to Bungaree,

to Edenhope and then to Mortlake.





He says he accepts several people within the church knew of abuse complaints against Ridsdale, and that it is "correct" that meeting discussed moving Ridsdale because three of the consultors knew about the abuse.





"The minutes are quite compatible with that but I think the minutes are written to distract from that possibility," Cardinal Pell says.







Counsel assisting says it is implausible that Cardinal Pell did not know the sexual abuse complaints against Ridsdale were the reason he needed to be moved.





"It would only be implausible if there was evidence that they had been told in some way or other," he says.







" That is a complete nonsense. We can conclude about those who had that knowledge. We cannot conclude about the minds of those who were not privy to that knowledge."