Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Cardinal George Pell, whose sex abuse convictions were overturned, dies at 81

Cardinal George Pell, center, the most senior Catholic cleric to face sex charges, leaves court in Melbourne, Australia, May 2, 2018. Pell, who was the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sex abuse before his convictions were later overturned, died on Tuesday in Rome at age 81.

Pell was the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sex abuse and spent 404 days in solitary confinement in his native Australia only to have his convictions overturned.

(Image credit: Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP)

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