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Pope names new economic chief to succeed disgraced cardinal

Reuters
Posted at Nov 14 08:38 PM

Pope Francis on Thursday named the Vatican's new economy minister to succeed Cardinal George Pell, who is appealing a conviction in his native Australia for sexually assaulting two teenaged choir boys.   Read more »

Cardinal Pell files High Court appeal against child sex conviction

Holly Robertson, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 17 06:19 PM

Disgraced Cardinal George Pell lodged an appeal against his child sex abuse convictions in Australia's High Court on Tuesday, an official in Canberra said.   Read more »

Cardinal George Pell loses appeal on child sex abuse charges

Holly Robertson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 21 08:20 AM

MELBOURNE - Convicted pedophile cardinal George Pell had his appeal against child sex abuse charges rejected by an Australian court on Wednesday.  Read more »

Pope signs law to prevent child abuse in Vatican and its embassies

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 05:39 AM

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Friday made it compulsory in law to report the sexual abuse of children within the Vatican and in its diplomatic missions worldwide. Read more »

Pell victim says 'hard to take comfort' from sentencing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 13 04:17 PM

MELBOURNE, Australia - The former choirboy molested by Australian Cardinal George Pell said Wednesday it was "hard to take comfort" from the Vatican official's sentence of six years in prison for the crime. Read more »

Former Vatican treasurer Pell jailed for 6 years for sexually abusing choir boys

Sonali Paul, Reuters
Posted at Mar 13 01:14 PM

MELBOURNE - Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell was sentenced to six years in jail on Wednesday by an Australian court for sexually abusing two choir boys in Melbourne in the 1990s, and will be registered as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Read more »

Convicted Australia cardinal sentence to be broadcast live

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 12 12:45 PM

Pell, the most senior Catholic clergyman ever found guilty of child sex abuse, faces a maximum 50 years in prison for assaulting 2 choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral in 1996-97. Read more »

'Unreasonable verdict': Catholic Cardinal convicted of sexual abuse eyes appeal

Glenda Kwek, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 27 04:34 PM

Here's what the legal team said are going to be Pell's grounds of appeal Read more »

Disgraced Cardinal Pell behind bars for child sex crimes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 27 01:19 PM

Cardinal George Pell was ordered held in custody Wednesday following his historic conviction for child sex crimes Read more »

Top pope aide Cardinal Pell convicted of child sex crimes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 27 06:32 AM

MELBOURNE, Australia - Australian Cardinal George Pell, once one of Pope Francis' closest advisors, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting 2 choirboys, becoming the most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex crimes. Read more »

Vatican has 'utmost respect' for justice after Pell conviction

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 26 07:55 PM

The Vatican said Tuesday it has the "utmost respect" for the justice system following the "painful news" of the conviction of Australian Cardinal George Pell for child sex crimes. Read more »

Vatican treasurer found guilty of abusing two choir boys 22 years ago

Sonali Paul, Reuters
Posted at Feb 26 09:14 AM

An Australian court has found Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican Treasurer and a former top adviser to Pope Francis, guilty on 5 charges of child sexual offenses committed more than 2 decades ago against 13-year-old boys. Read more »

Pope removes scandal-hit cardinals from inner circle

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 13 06:57 PM

 Pope Francis has removed two prominent cardinals from his inner circle months after they were tainted by pedophile scandals and ahead of a Church-wide meeting on the "protection of minors" next year. Read more »

Pope aide Pell to stand trial on multiple sex abuse charges

Daniel De Carteret, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 05:22 PM

Cardinal George Pell was one of the pope's most trusted aides, handpicked by him in 2014 to make the church's finances more transparent. Read more »

Top papal adviser charged with sexual assault in blow to Vatican

Byron Kaye and Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Jun 29 02:42 PM

Australian police charged a top adviser to Pope Francis with multiple historical sex crimes on Thursday, in a case that poses a dilemma for a pontiff who has vowed zero tolerance for such offences. Read more »

Pope aide Pell charged with child sex abuse: police

Agence France Presse
Posted at Jun 29 09:45 AM

SYDNEY, Australia - Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell was Thursday charged with multiple child sex offenses in Australia, police said. Read more »