Pell is free ahead of his court hearing, during which he can formally apply for bail. When police announced the charges last month, Pell vowed to fight the allegations, saying: “The whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me.”
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Cardinal Pell professes innocence on sex abuse charges
Cardinal Pell will return to Australia to appear in court at a hearing scheduled for July 6.
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Australian police charge Cardinal Pell with sex offenses
Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis’ chief financial adviser and Australia’s most senior Catholic, is the highest-ranking Vatican official to ever be charged in the church’s long-running sexual abuse scandal.
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Bishops ‘can never say we are sorry enough’ for tragedy of abuse, Archbishop Gregory says
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory made the comments in the homily at an evening Mass said to commemorate a “Day of Prayer and Penance” for victims of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.
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Bishops must rededicate themselves to fighting church abuse, annual audit finds
Church leaders have taken steps to help many find healing as victims of clergy sexual abuse, but there is still work to be done.
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Chicago Catholic high school students among those with stolen photos shared online
Illinois is one of about 35 states that have “revenge laws” that prohibit anyone from publicly disseminating intimate or embarrassing content about others without their consent.
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In Netflix’s “The Keepers,” a nun’s unsolved murder tears apart a Catholic community
Sister Cathy Cesnik went missing one night in 1969. The case remains unsolved.
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Vatican cardinal could soon be charged with sexual assault, Australian police say
Australian police said they were a step closer to deciding whether to charge a top Vatican cardinal over allegations of sexual assault dating back decades.
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Pope says he will not pre-judge Trump, will seek common ground.
Pope says he will not pre-judge Trump and that Marie Collins had some good reasons for her resignation from the sex abuse commission.
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Minnesota bishop denies coercing abuse victim to remain silent
The Diocese of Crookston issued the statement in response to a lawsuit filed that day against the bishop and the diocese.