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Australian cardinal sentenced 6 years for child abuse
12:12 March 13, 2019 AA
Australia's top Catholic cardinal was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison on charges of sexual assault.George Pell, 77, was convicted of sexual assaulting two choirboys in 1996 and 1997 during his time as cardinal in a Melbourne cathedral.“There was a clear relationship of trust with the victims, and you breached that trust and abused your position to facilitate this offending,” Chief Judge Peter Kidd said of the Vatican's former chief financial officer during a live court hearing broadcast on TV channels.