Accounts of the two men were accepted by decision-maker of national redress scheme with $45,000 and $95,000 awarded respectively
- Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast
Two men abused by George Pell in Ballarat in the 1970s, when Pell was a priest in the diocese, have been granted compensation by the federal government’s national redress scheme.
An investigation by journalist Louise Milligan, published in the Monthly and by the ABC, states one of the men was compensated for being anally raped by Pell in a school gymnasium. The other told the redress scheme he was groped on the genitals by Pell during a game in a swimming pool.
