Vatican reacts to Cardinal Pell's sentence

Chief Judge Peter Kidd is seen on a TV monitor outside Melbourne County Court on March 13, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. Source: Getty Images AsiaPac

Disgraced Catholic cardinal George Pell has been sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing two choirboys in Melbourne in the 1990s.

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Journalist Benedetta Rinaldi tells SBS how Cardinal Pell's sentence has been received and commented within the Vatican walls.

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