Royal commission: Monsignor John Usher denies protecting Cardinal George Pell

By Rachel Browne
Updated September 22 2016 - 8:15pm, first published 4:56pm
Justice Peter McClellan Photo: Nick Moir
Justice Peter McClellan Photo: Nick Moir
Monsignor John Usher gives evidence at the royal commission. Photo: Supplied
Monsignor John Usher gives evidence at the royal commission. Photo: Supplied
John Joseph Farrell, who was jailed in May 2016.  Photo: Barry Smith
John Joseph Farrell, who was jailed in May 2016. Photo: Barry Smith

The former chancellor of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney denied he was trying to save Cardinal George Pell from embarrassment by sticking to his claim about a paedophile priest in the face of conflicting accounts, a royal commission has heard.

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