George Pell: Latest News

All news where George Pell is mentioned

22.05.2021 / 10:47

Cardinal Pell eyes a Vatican scandal he suspected long ago

ROME – Cardinal George Pell is enjoying his first Roman spring since being exonerated of sex abuse charges in his native Australia: He receives visitors to his Vatican flat, sips midday Aperol Spritz’s at the outdoor cafe downstairs and keeps up religiously with news of a Holy See financial scandal that he suspected years ago.

George Pell Italy Australia city Rome Vatican city Vatican 2020 economy Coronavirus

Australian media companies admit breaching Pell gag order

CANBERRA – Australian media companies admitted in court Monday they breached a gag order in publishing references to Cardinal George Pell’s since-overturned convictions in 2018 for child sexual abuse. The plea agreement avoids any journalist being sent to prison.

George Pell Britain Australia city Canberra prevention

Australian media on trial for breaching order in Pell case

CANBERRA – High-profile Australian journalists and large media organizations went on trial on Monday on charges that they breached a gag order on reporting about Cardinal George Pell’s sex abuse convictions in 2018 that have since been overturned.A total of 18 individual journalists, editors and broadcasters face potential prison sentences and 12 organizations face fines if they are found guilty in the Victoria state Supreme Court of breaching a judge’s suppression order on Pell’s case. They have all pleaded not guilty.Justice John Dixon is hearing the trial without a jury and via video links due to pandemic restrictions.

George Pell Australia city Canberra county Victoria pandemic prevention

Cardinal Pell accuser denies bribe as Vatican intrigue grows

VATICAN CITY – An Australian man who accused Cardinal George Pell of sexually abusing him denied Monday he was bribed for his testimony, shooting down the latest conspiracy theory to roil the Vatican amid a corruption investigation into its shady finances.Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera has speculated in recent days that Vatican investigators were looking into whether Pell’s nemesis at the Vatican, ousted Cardinal Angelo Becciu, wired 700,000 euros ($823,000) in Vatican money to a bank account in Australia, and whether that money was tied to Pell’s sex abuse trial.Pell, brought in by Pope Francis to bring accountability and transparency to the Vatican’s opaque finances, was convicted but ultimately absolved by Australia's High Court

George Pell Italy Australia Vatican city Vatican information economy stars

Report: Cardinal Pell returning to Vatican in crisis

CANBERRA – Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis’ former finance minister, will soon return to the Vatican during an extraordinary economic scandal for the first time since he was cleared of child abuse allegations in Australia five months ago, a newspaper reported Monday.Pell will fly back to Rome on Tuesday, Herald-Sun newspaper columnist Andrew Bolt wrote.

George Pell Australia city Canberra city Rome Vatican city Vatican crisis travelers Coronavirus

Cardinal Pell to publish prison diary musing on case, church

ROME – Cardinal George Pell, the former Vatican finance minister who was convicted and then acquitted of sexual abuse in his native Australia, is set to publish his prison diary musing on life in solitary confinement, the Catholic Church, politics and sports.Catholic publisher Ignatius Press told The Associated Press on Saturday the first installment of the 1,000-page diary would likely be published in Spring 2021. “I’ve read half so far, and it is wonderful reading,” Ignatius' editor, the Rev.

George Pell Australia city Rome Vatican donates

BREAKING: Cardinal George Pell walks free as High Court quashes conviction

Cardinal George Pell will be walking free from prison in time for Easter after Australia’s highest court quashed his child sexual abuse convictions.

George Pell Australia covid-19 pandemic crisis

Australian court dismisses cardinal's sex abuse convictions

CANBERRA – Australia's highest court has dismissed the convictions of the most senior Catholic found guilty of child sex abuse.

George Pell Australia city Canberra city Melbourne county Victoria

United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0