(AFP)Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell was ordered to stand trial on multiple historical sexual offence charges in Australia Tuesday, but several others were thrown out. Melbourne magistrate Belinda Wallington is part way through her ruling on whether there is enough evidence to send the top advisor to Pope Francis to face a jury. The exact details and nature of the allegations have not been made public, other than they involve "multiple complainants". Pell appeared before it three times, once in person and twice via video-link from Rome over the Church's handling of complaints against paedophile priests. ALSO READ: Pope Francis and the future of christianityAustralia's Catholic leaders have spoken out in support of him, describing Pell as a "thoroughly decent man".

Source: Standard Digital May 01, 2018 05:15 UTC