Updated April 27, 2020 20:41:36

Photo: A spokesperson for Victoria's Attorney General, Jill Hennessy, said there were no impediments to the unredacted reports now being published. (ABC News: Andrew Ware)

Victoria's Attorney General, Jill Hennessy, has said there are no legal impediments to prevent the release of unredacted portions of the findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

The unanimous High Court decision acquitting George Pell earlier this month cleared the way for the release of some unpublished findings of the Royal Commission relating to his evidence about the way in which allegations of abuse were handled in the Catholic diocese of Ballarat.

Cardinal Pell was questioned about what he may have known about paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale and the offending of other priests.

He was also scrutinised about the Catholic Church's hardline approach to sexual abuse cases during his time as archbishop of Sydney.

Now that Cardinal Pell has been acquitted, the Federal Attorney-General, Christian Porter can table the Royal Commission's unredacted reports in Parliament.

At the time of the Cardinal's acquittal, Mr Porter said he wanted to work with his state counterparts before taking any action.

Photo: The decision about releasing the unredacted findings rests with Christian Porter. (ABC News: James Carmody)

"It does require some liaison between my office and Victorian authorities, investigative and prosecutorial, to make sure that further tabling with less redaction would not prejudice any future investigations of a number of types," he said earlier this month.

A Victorian Government spokesperson said "the removal of redactions is entirely a matter for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse".

"The Government is not aware of any impediments to the unredacted versions of the reports being tabled and published at this time," the spokesperson said.

The ultimate decision on publishing the unredacted findings rests with the Federal Attorney-General.

Mr Porter's office has been contacted for comment.

Topics: catholic, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, child-abuse, melbourne-3000, vic, australia

First posted April 27, 2020 20:37:24