'It just blows me away': Judge stunned by church's legal aid to paedophile

By Liam Mannix, Beau Donnelly
Updated February 20 2017 - 10:08pm, first published 6:10pm
Robert Charles Best, among Australia's worst paedophiles, continues to have his legal defence funded by the Catholic Church.  
Robert Charles Best, among Australia's worst paedophiles, continues to have his legal defence funded by the Catholic Church.  
Cardinal Pell briefly lived at the St Alipius presbytery in Ballarat with convicted paedophile Gerald Ridsdale Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Cardinal Pell briefly lived at the St Alipius presbytery in Ballarat with convicted paedophile Gerald Ridsdale Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Robert Best maintained his innocence through four previous trials.
Robert Best maintained his innocence through four previous trials.

A Victorian judge said evidence the Catholic Church continues to fund the legal defence of one of Australia's worst paedophiles, Robert Charles Best, "just blows me away".

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