Testifying from Rome to the Commission in Sydney Cardinel Pell, was one of a group of priests who met in 1982 to discuss moving sex offender Ballarat priest Gerald Ridsdale.
Cardinel Pell, who was then a Ballarat priest, says he did not know that Gerald Ridsdale's offending was common knowledge in 1975 and did not know about the allegations.
Europe correspondent Brett Mason is in Rome following developments.
