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Cardinal George Pell



Australian Cardinal George Pell, acquitted of child sexual assault, dead at 81

  • An Australian appeals court ruling in 2020 quashed convictions that Pell sexually assaulted two choir boys in the 1990s. He spent 13 months in jail
  • Pell, a former archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney, served as Vatican as economy minister from 2014 until he took a leave of absence in 2017 to return to Australia to face the charges
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Australian media on trial for breaching order in Cardinal Pell’s sexual abuse case

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Cardinal Pell welcomes court’s dismissal of abuse conviction

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Australian court upholds sex abuse verdict of Cardinal Pell

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Australia’s Cardinal Pell sentenced to 6 years jail for sexually abusing choir boys

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Australia’s Cardinal Pell sued for alleged child abuse in 1970s

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How Australian abuse victim’s ‘powerful’ testimony sank top Vatican official

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Cardinal Pell, Vatican treasurer, found guilty of molesting two choir boys

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