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Cardinal George Pell found guilty of sexually abusing two choir boys

Cardinal George Pell remains in high esteem by many powerful bishops.

Cardinal George Pell remains in high esteem by many powerful bishops. Source: AAP

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


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


Australia's highest-ranking Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, has been convicted of sexually abusing two boys in the 1990s.

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

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.

 

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