Cardinal George Pell found guilty of sexually abusing two choir boys

Cardinal George Pell, Australia's highest-ranking Catholic, has been convicted of five child sex offences committed in 1996.

Pell, who was Vatican treasurer, close to the Pope and one of the most senior Catholic figures in the world to be charged with child sex offences. Source: SBS News

Australia's highest-ranking Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, raped a choir boy in the 1990s and molested another.

His victims were two 13-year-old boys on scholarships to the prestigious St Kevin's College.

Cardinal George Pell, has been convicted of sexually abusing two choirboys in 1996 when he was Archbishop of Melbourne. Source: AAP

The pair "nicked off" after a Sunday solemn mass in late 1996 and were caught swigging sacramental wine in the priest's sacristy by Pell, newly installed as Archbishop of Melbourne.

Pell scolded them, exposed his penis from beneath the ornate ceremonial robes, and molested them.

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