Cardinal George Pell has been jailed for six years for sexually abusing two teenage choirboys in the 1990s. A former top adviser to Pope Francis, he is the most senior Catholic to be convicted for child sex offences. Some in court embraced while police outside were given three cheers by sex abuse victims. Abuse survivor Michael Advocate said: 'It doesn't send any deterrent, it doesn't give the victims any sense of justice. Mr Advocate said it gave sex abuse victims comfort to know that Pell will be behind bars tonight and added: 'May Pell rot in his cell.'

Source: The Star March 13, 2019 05:26 UTC