Pope’s Top Financial Adviser Accused of Sex Abuse of Boys

By Bernard Lagan
The Times
July 28, 2016

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/popes-top-financial-adviser-accused-of-sex-abuse-of-young-boys-sdsrc9jq9

Cardinal George Pell: strongly denies the allegations and claims that Victoria police have compromised the judicial process

The head of Vatican finances, the Australian Cardinal George Pell, is being investigated by police over allegations that he sexually abused boys while a young priest.

Commissioner Graham Ashton, chief of police in the Australian state of Victoria, said today that charges could be laid against Cardinal Pell, 75.

Mr Ashton confirmed the police investigation after the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Wednesday broadcast the allegations against the cardinal, who was called to the Vatican in 2014 by Pope Francis to take charge of the Vatican’s finances.

Cardinal Pell, who earned a doctorate at Oxford, is head of the Vatican’s…