Cardinal George Pell has been found guilty of sexual offences in Australia, making him the highest-ranking Catholic figure to receive such a conviction. The court heard testimony from one of the victims. The abandoned trial was to hear unrelated allegations - strongly denied by Pell - that he indecently assaulted boys in the 1970s. But his career has been dogged first by claims that he covered up child sexual abuse by priests, and then later that he was himself an abuser. In Australia, an inquiry heard that 7% of the nation's Catholic priests had abused children.

Source: The Star February 26, 2019 06:33 UTC