Chrissie Foster calls for George Pell's Melbourne Response to be 'torn down'

The mother of two girls abused by a Catholic priest says the conviction of George Pell on child sex abuse charges should lead to the tearing down of the controversial compensation scheme he set up for survivors of clerical sexual abuse. Key points: Pell is Australia's most senior Catholic cleric and has been convicted of child sex abuse Chrissie Foster said the verdict helped her understand Pell's "angry" response to her family She is calling for the Melbourne Response established by Pell to be dismantled Pell was last year found guilty of sexually abusing two choirboys at St Patrick's Cathedral during his time as archbishop of Melbourne in December 1996, but the verdict had been suppressed until now. Ms Foster said Pell's guilty verdict helped her understand why Pell had been "so angry" when she and her husband Anthony asked him for help in the late 1990s. 'Angry' Pell told parents to prove allegations in court Ms Foster said they had approached the then-archbishop in 1997 after O'Donnell had already pleaded guilty to committing child sexual abuse against other children. The child sex abuse royal commission heard that the Catholic Church had been aware of allegations of O'Donnell's abuse as early as 1958. "