Cardinal Pell describes his time in prison

AUSTRALIA
Catholic News Service via The Catholic Weekly

July 16, 2020

Prelate says he never felt abandoned by God

Cardinal George Pell, 79, a former senior adviser to Pope Francis, has broken his silence two months after the country’s High Court overturned his conviction for historical sexual abuse of two teenagers.

“From the first night, I always had a breviary (even if it was out of season), and I received Holy Communion each week,” Cardinal Pell wrote in an essay for US Catholic magazine First Things. The story was reprinted in The Australian.

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