George Pell
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Cardinal says no evidence women priests would have stopped cover-up of paedophilia
- Religion & Beliefs
- July 13, 2017, 19:29
A leading Cardinal has said there is no evidence to suggest that women priests would have prevented the systemic cover-up of clerical paedophilia. As(...)

Cardinal Pell arrives in Australia to face sexual offence charges
- Asia-Pacific
- July 10, 2017, 06:34
A top Vatican official charged in his native Australia with historical sex crimes arrived in Sydney on Monday ahead of his first court appearance late(...)

Divisive Cardinal Pell faces his day in court over abuse charges
- Asia-Pacific
- June 30, 2017, 21:08
For years, Cardinal George Pell was dogged by questions of what he knew about the child sexual abuse that happened under his watch in his home state o(...)

Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s most senior Catholic and the third-ranking official in the Vatican, said on Thursday he was innocent of charges of s(...)

Australia’s Catholic Church pays €200m to child abuse victims
- Asia-Pacific
- February 16, 2017, 09:03
Australia’s Catholic Church has paid 276 million Australian dollars (€200 million) in compensation to thousands of child abuse victims since 1980, a g(...)

Vatican treasurer reportedly under investigation over abuse claims
- Crime & Law
- July 28, 2016, 07:25
Cardinal George Pell, the Australian-born Vatican treasurer, is being investigated by police in relation to multiple allegations of child abuse in his(...)

Pope condemns paedophilia as details of girl’s death emerge
- Religion & Beliefs
- May 1, 2016, 17:43
Pope Francis called for “severe punishment” for paedophiles on Sunday after new details emerged in Italy of the 2014 death of a six-year-old girl who (...)

Suspension of Vatican audit casts doubt on reform
- Europe
- April 21, 2016, 19:21
An external audit of Vatican finances being carried out by global firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has been suspended by the Holy See. The move raises f(...)

Pope Francis to make defining statement on family
- Religion & Beliefs
- April 7, 2016, 20:30
Friday is the day which many feel will define the papacy of Pope Francis. What he announces in his Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of(...)
Spotlight’s Oscar and questioning of Cardinal George Pell good news for abuse survivors
- Editorial
- March 5, 2016, 00:02
It has been a good week for survivors of clerical child sex abuse in the Catholic Church. The success of the film Spotlight in winning the Oscar for b(...)