AUSTRALIA
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December 12, 2018
By Olugbenga Ige
Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican’s third highest ranking official, was found guilty of sexually abusing two choir boys in the late 90s.
Cardinal Pell was convicted by a jury in Australia after a jury deliberated for three days, the Daily Beast reports.
The judge placed a gag order on the Catholic Church official’s trial to prevent details being released during the proceedings. The guilty verdict decision was reportedly unanimous.
Cardinal Pell was the finance chief at the Vatican and reportedly left Rome in June 2017 to stand trail in Melbourne, where he was accused of sexually abusing the choir boys when he was the archbishop.
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