'Some popes gave out the wrong message', retired bishop tells sex abuse inquiry

By Rachel Browne
Updated August 24 2015 - 6:08pm, first published 5:54pm
Retired Catholic Bishop Geoffrey Robinson  arrives at the commission on Monday. Photo: Peter Rae
Retired Catholic Bishop Geoffrey Robinson arrives at the commission on Monday. Photo: Peter Rae

A retired Catholic bishop has told a royal commission that the Vatican failed to show leadership on the issue of clerical sexual abuse and Cardinal George Pell had "destroyed" a unified Australian response to victims.

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