Pell admits he knew of abuse and did nothing

Pell has confirmed what everyone suspected; that he indeed knew of child abuse but did nothing about it. Speaking by video link from Rome to the Royal Commission into child sex abuse, he admitted the following:

Cardinal George Pell has admitted he did nothing after a boy complained to him about a pedophile Christian Brother abusing children at a Victorian school but denied he could have stopped more abuse occurring. 

The child abuse royal commission has heard a student at St Patricks College in Ballarat told Cardinal Pell that Brother Edward Dowlan was "misbehaving" with boys in 1974. 

Cardinal Pell said the boy "mentioned it casually in conversation" and did not ask him to do anything. 

Asked by Commissioner Peter McClellan what he did with the information, Cardinal Pell replied: "I didn't do anything about it". ninemsn  

Astonishing that he uses the excuse that the boy didn't ask him to do anything.  One would think it would be duty of care that would give no choice but to act on the information.