VATICAN CITY: Cardinal George Pell, who has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two choirboys, is no longer in charge of Vatican finances, it ...
VATICAN CITY: Cardinal George Pell, who has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two choirboys, is no longer in charge of Vatican finances, it said on Tuesday .
The order was lifted during a court hearing on Tuesday when prosecutors decided against proceeding with a second trial for separate allegations against Pell dating from the 1970s. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he was"deeply shocked" by Pell's conviction and that the justice system had shown"no Australian is above the law".Of the two choirboys that Pell was found to have assaulted, one died in 2014 of a drug overdose that his family blamed on the trauma he suffered.
Outside the County Court of Victoria, supporters of other abuse survivors yelled"monster" and"rot in hell" as Pell, walking slowly with the aid of a cane, got into a car after the hearing concluded. Pell was appointed by Pope Francis to manage the Vatican finances in 2014 and was one of the pontiff's closest advisors as a member of the so-called C9 council until being dropped from that body the day after his Dec 11 conviction.
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