The Victoria Police media unit said Monday they couldn’t find any record that the Vatican had alleged witnesses against Pell were bribed with Vatican money.
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Sydney archbishop welcomes Australian plan to protect victims of modern slavery
“Our community cannot be indifferent to modern slavery and human trafficking or our responsibility to eradicate it,” Archbishop Fisher said.
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Australian bishops reject criticism of move to single safeguarding office
The Catholic bishops of Australia are refuting claims that they are not doing enough to combat sexual abuse within the church.
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Ignatius Press to publish cardinal’s prison journal, help with legal costs
A jury in Australia had found Cardinal Pell guilty in December 2018 on five counts of abuse and the Victoria Court of Appeal upheld that verdict in a 2-1 decision.
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Australia’s bishops, religious consider proposals for change in governance
The Catholic bishops of Australia are considering recommendations from a report which would increase the participation of laypeople-especially women-in the administrative affairs of the local churches.
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Podcast: Will the Royal Commission’s investigation bring any consequences for Cardinal Pell?
On this week’s episode of the “Inside the Vatican” podcast, the hosts discuss the Australian Royal Commission’s findings that Cardinal George Pell knew about priests abusing children in the Ballarat diocese as early as 1973.
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Inquiry: Pell knew of abuse by Australian pedophile priest
Cardinal Pell was formerly Pope Francis’ finance minister and at one time the third-highest ranking cleric in the Vatican.
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Cardinal Pell: Prayers, knowledge of innocence sustained me in prison
Cardinal George Pell, in his first television interview after being released from prison after his sexual abuse conviction was overturned, reflects on how he endured his incarceration.
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Vatican responds with measure to Cardinal Pell’s acquittal and release from prison
“The Holy See, which has always expressed confidence in the Australian judicial authority, welcomes the High Court’s unanimous decision concerning Cardinal George Pell, acquitting him of the accusations of abuse of minors and overturning his sentence.”
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Australia’s high court overturns guilty verdict against Cardinal George Pell on final appeal
The High Court of Australia announced that in a unanimous 7-0 decision, they found that “the jury, acting rationally on the whole of the evidence, ought to have entertained a doubt as to the applicant’s guilt.”