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There seems to be confusion and uncertainty on who will be releasing the child abuse royal commission’s findings relating to Pell and what he did or did not know about abuse occurring by clergy when he held positions within the church in Victoria.



As I mentioned earlier, when Australia’s child sexual abuse royal commission delivered its final report in December 2017 large parts of it that related to Pell were blacked out and redacted. This was because of the legal action against Pell underway and the report could have prejudiced a jury and affected the court process.



Victoria’s office of public prosecution said the report release is a matter for the federal attorney general. The attorney general’s office has just come back to me and said:

“Unredacted reports of the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse will not be made publicly available until the relevant state authorities have confirmed that all relevant legal matters have been finalised.”



The attorney general, Christian Porter, is due to hold a press conference at 12.15AEST and will no doubt be asked about it then.