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Even after his acquittal on sex abuse charges in Australia, Pell's reputation remained tarnished by the scandal and his handling of other priests who abused children.
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 unanimously overturned, died Tuesday in Rome. He was 81. Pell suffered fatal heart complications following hip surgery, said Archbishop Peter…
ROME — Cardinal George Pell, who was the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sex abuse and spent 404 days in solitary confinement in his native Australia before his convictions were overturned, died Tuesday in Rome. He was 81. Pell died after undergoing hip surgery at Salvator
In some ways, the outspoken, brawling conservative Catholic from Victoria was better suited to his adopted home in Sydney.
George Pell was by far the best known and most polarising churchman in Australia in the past century, perhaps ever.