CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA)
Associated Press
March 10, 2020
By Rod McGuirk
Australia’s highest court on Wednesday began hearing an appeal by Cardinal George Pell against his convictions for molesting two choirboys in a cathedral more than two decades ago.
Some events in Pell’s career and the criminal case:
July 16, 1996: Auxiliary Bishop George Pell is appointed archbishop of Melbourne. He molests two choirboys that December inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral, according to testimony from one of the victims.
March 26, 2001: Pell becomes archbishop of Sydney.
Oct. 21, 2003: Pope John Paul II makes Pell a cardinal.
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