Tag: George Pell

• Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 08:15 UTC

  Pedophile Cardinal appeal rejected by Australian court

  

  Convicted pedophile Cardinal George Pell had his appeal against child sex abuse charges rejected by an Australian court on Wednesday. Once the Vatican's third-ranking official, 78-year-old Pell was sentenced this year to six years in jail for sexually assaulting two 13-year-old choirboys at a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Ex Vatican treasurer sentenced to six years in jail for sexually abusing choir boys

  

  Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell was sentenced to 6 years in jail on Wednesday by an Australian court for sexually abusing two choir boys in Melbourne in the 1990s. Pell, a former top adviser to Pope Francis, is the most senior Catholic worldwide to be convicted for child sex offences.

• Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Another blow for the Catholic Church: Cardinal Pell found guilty of sexually assaulting choirboys

  

  Australian Cardinal George Pell who helped elect popes and ran the Vatican's finances, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two choirboys, becoming the most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex crimes.

• Tuesday, May 1st 2018 - 10:03 UTC

  Vatican's Treasurer to stand trial in Australia on sexual abuse charges

  

  A magistrate in Australia has ordered Cardinal George Pell, one of the Vatican's senior-most officials, to stand trial on sexual abuse charges involving allegations from multiple individuals dating back decades.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2014 - 04:13 UTC

  Pope overhauls Vatican finances and names Secretariat for the Economy

  

  Pope Francis has taken his boldest step yet to overhaul the Vatican's scandal-plagued finances, creating a new department with broad powers to oversee all of its economic and administrative affairs, the Vatican announced on Monday. The Secretariat for the Economy will answer directly to the pope and will be headed by Australian Cardinal George Pell, currently the archbishop of Sydney.