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Cardinal Pell insists he knew nothing of paedophile priestsCommission warns he could be found culpable if he did knowCounsel claims Pell's ignorance was "implausible"Day One: What Pell told the Royal Commission

EVIDENCE Cardinal George Pell knew nothing of child sex abuse claims leveled at one of Australia's most prolific paedophiles has been branded "implausible" during an explosive second day of royal commission hearings.

And the cardinal has been warned by Justice Peter McClellan, commissioner for the inquiry, he could be found culpable if the inquiry did find out he knew of the predator in his midst.

Outside the hearings, he was also confronted by a man whose daughters were raped by a priest.

Anthony Foster daughters Emma and Katie were raped by Melbourne priest Father Kevin O as school students in the 1980s.

The ABC reports Mr Foster told Cardinal Pell outside the hearing at the Hotel Quirinale he had given up hope on the Cardinal.

held my hand for the whole duration of the chat that we had and I expressed to him that he was holding the hand of a broken man, and he put his other hand on me and tried to I suppose connect in some way, but I didn feel it, Mr Foster said.

over. It was the smooth Cardinal Pell, not the Cardinal Pell we saw on the stand. Picture: David Mirzoeff / i ImagesSource:News Corp Australia

During a tense and at times hostile four hour session covering exactly what the 74 year old knew of allegations against Fr Gerald Ridsdale, the Vatican boss was grilled on how he could have remained unaware of what was knowledge in at least two parishes in Victoria.

At the time, Cardinal Pell was a member of a consultation team responsible for appointing and posting priests to parishes.

Cardinal Pell said he had thought Ridsdale regular moves to five or six parishes was but never sought nor was told why. He only later discovered it was because child sex claims had been made against him prompting diocese Bishop Mulkearns to move him on.

Anthony Foster, father of two girls who were abused by the clergy emotionally speaks to the media about his meeting with Cardinal Pell just minutes before. Picture: Ella PellegriniSource:News Corp Australia

Cardinal Pell vigorously defended the fact he never knew of allegations against Ridsdale despite it being an open secret within the community. That lack of knowledge by him even while at least three other consultors knew was branded implausible.

would only be implausible if there was evidence that they (consultors) have been told in one way or another, Cardinal Pell told Senior Counsel Gail Furness. is a complete non sequitir. We can conclude about those who had that knowledge, we cannot conclude about the mind of those who were not privy to that knowledge. tense exchange was one of several adversarial moments during the hearing in which the Cardinal admitted Ridsdale offending was a story but added his evils of much interest to me a response that attracted audible gasps from the Sydney headquarters.

He said it was certainly for someone to be moved as many times as Ridsdale but laid the blame for shunting him between parishes squarely on Bishop Mulkearns, who had known of allegations for at least a decade.

Abuse survivors David Ridsdale and Phil Nagle (right), speak to the press outside Hotel Quirinale, Rome. Picture: Ella PellegriniSource:Supplied

I would have to say that I can nominate another Bishop whose actions are so grave and inexplicable. There might be some but they don come to mind. His repeated refusal to act is absolutely extraordinary, he said.

The defensive tone struck on the second day of hearings was at odds with the more humble approach during the first session. While the Vatican finance chief entered through the front door and appeared strong and eloquent on the witness stand in front of a growing contingent of international media, he repeatedly refused to admit any culpability for the movement of Ridsdale within the church, saying he could not remember accusations of pedophilia ever being raised in his presence.