Disgraced Australian cardinal George Pell has been jailed for a maximum six years for "brazen" abuse he committed with "venom" on two choirboys in Melbourne in the 1990s. The courtroom was packed with abuse survivors who have their own interest in the result, beyond that of Pell's surviving victim, now aged in his 30s. Pell, who was until late-February the Vatican's treasurer, is the highest-ranking Catholic to be convicted and jailed for child sexual abuse. Mr House said the significance of the third most powerful person in the Vatican being jailed for child abuse could not be underestimated. PM URGES SUPPORT FOR VICTIMSPrime Minister Scott Morrison urged Australians to support survivors of child sexual abuse, as the nation reacted to the sentencing of Pell.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 13, 2019 00:56 UTC