Cardinal George Pell Dead at 81

Jan 11 2023 by The Daily Beast

 
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Cardinal George Pell, the highest-ranking member of the Catholic Church to ever be convicted of child sex abuse, only for his verdict to be overturned after a two-year legal battle in 2020, died Tuesday, according to Vatican media outlets.

Pell’s Secretary, Father Joseph Hamilton, confirmed he suffered a cardiac arrest after a successful hip replacement surgery on Tuesday.

In a statement on Facebook, Peter Comensoli, the Archbishop of Melbourne, said,...

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