George Pell

• Australian court dismisses former Vatican minister’s child sex abuse convictions

  Pope Francis' former finance minister was convicted by a Victoria state jury in 2018 of sexually abusing two 13-year-old choirboys in December 1996 while he was archbishop of Australia's second-largest city.

  World

  Apr 6, 2020
  
• Former Vatican treasurer cardinal appeals child sex abuse convictions

  77-year-old George Pell was jailed for six years after he was found guilty on five charges of abusing two 13-year-old boys at St Patrick's Cathedral while he was archbishop of Melbourne more than 20 years ago.

  World

  Jun 4, 2019
  
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• Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell found guilty of sexually abusing choirboys

  The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass.

  Crime

  Feb 25, 2019
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• Australian cardinal to stand trial on historical sex abuse charges

  Australian Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis, on Tuesday officially denied charges of sexual abuse spanning decades after his lawyers failed to sway a court to dismiss them.

  Crime

  May 1, 2018