The Vatican is opening its own investigation into accusations against Cardinal George Pell, who was found guilty of sexual abuse of minors in his native Australia, a spokesman said.
The Pell conviction has been particularly embarrassing for the Vatican and Pope Francis, coming just two days after the end of aThe 77-year-old Pell, a former top Vatican official, will spend his first night behind bars on Wednesday after he was remanded in custody pending sentencing for sexually abusing two choir boys in Australia two decades ago.
He did not elaborate about the timing or the procedure. The investigation could lead to a full trial or an abbreviated"administrative process", a Vatican source said. Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted for child sex offenses, was found guilty in December of five charges related to the abuse of the 13-year-old boys while he was Archbishop of Melbourne in the 1990s.
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