AUSTRALIA
ABC News
Cardinal George Pell has been charged with multiple counts of historical sexual assault offences.
Deputy Commissioner Shane Patton from Victoria Police said the Vatican-based Cardinal was required to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates Court on July 18.
He said the charges were served on Cadinal Pell’s legal representatives in Melbourne, and that they involved multiple complainants.
Last July, police confirmed they were formally investigating complaints about offences that are alleged to have occurred in Ballarat in the 1970s.
Cardinal Pell has always maintained his innocence and strenuously denied any wrongdoing.
“The allegations are untrue, I deny them absolutely,” Cardinal Pell said in July.
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