Cardinal George Pell, a one-time financial adviser to Pope Francis who spent 404 days in solitary confinement in his native Australia on child sex abuse charges before his convictions were overturn… ...

Cardinal George Pell's appeal against his convictions for child molestation was largely a question of who the jury should have believed, his accuser or a senior priest whose church role was ...

Cardinal George Pell, center, the most senior Catholic cleric to face sex charges, leaves court in Melbourne, Australia, May 2, 2018. Pell, who was the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted ...

Sydney Catholic Archbishop Anthony Fisher told reporters the death had come as a shock. Cardinal Pell, whose convictions were overturned, dies at 81. Skip to content Skip to footer.

CNA Staff, Apr 7, 2020 / 02:00 am. Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney has welcomed the acquittal of Cardinal George Pell by Australia's High Court.

Cardinal Pell had also celebrated a White Mass for medical professionals in Phoenix. The cardinal died from cardiac arrest following a hip replacement surgery in Rome on Jan. 10, 2023. He was 81.

Pell's accuser was a 13-year-old choirboy when he alleged that he was abused by then-Melbourne Archbishop Pell at the city's St. Patrick's Cathedral in December 1996 and February 1997.

Cardinal George Pell, who was the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sex abuse before his convictions were later overturned, has died in Rome at age 81. Pell died after ...

ROME — Cardinal George Pell, a onetime financial adviser to Pope Francis who spent 404 days in solitary confinement in his native Australia on child sex abuse charges before his convictions were ...

Rome Newsroom, Mar 28, 2025 / 11:30 am. Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney this week credited the apparently miraculous survival of an Arizona toddler to the intercession of Cardinal George Pell.

Cardinal George Pell, who was the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sex abuse before his convictions were later overturned, has died in Rome at age 81.

Cardinal George Pell, a onetime financial adviser to Pope Francis who had sex abuse convictions overturned, has died. Pell died Tuesday after undergoing hip surgery at a Rome hospital. He was 81 ...