Vatican treasurer, the third most senior Catholic in the world, convicted on five charges in Australian court case
• Follow live updates on the reaction to Cardinal George Pell’s conviction
• Five times guilty: how Pell’s past caught up with him
• Journalists accused of breaking suppression order may face jail
Cardinal George Pell, once the third most powerful man in the Vatican and Australia’s most senior Catholic, has been found guilty of child sexual abuse after a trial in Melbourne.
A jury delivered the unanimous verdict on 11 December in Melbourne’s county court, but the result was subject to a suppression order and could not be reported until now.
Continue reading...from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2U4cZ4I
