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Rome CNN —
Cardinal George Pell, the astir elder Catholic authoritative to beryllium convicted of kid enactment maltreatment earlier his 2020 acquittal, has died, according to his secretary. He was 81.
Father Joseph Hamilton confirmed Pell’s decease connected Tuesday evening section clip aft being admitted to a Rome infirmary for hep replacement surgery. Hamilton said portion the cognition was successful, Pell subsequently suffered a cardiac arrest.
Born successful the determination metropolis of Ballarat, Australia, connected June 8, 1941, Pell roseate done the ranks of the Roman Catholic Church to go Vatican treasurer, considered by galore to beryllium the 3rd astir elder presumption wrong the church.
He served successful that relation from 2014 to 2019 successful complaint of Pope Francis’ fiscal reforms, which mostly stalled erstwhile helium was called backmost to Australia to look allegations of humanities enactment abuse.
He was convicted of those charges successful 2018 and served 13 months successful situation earlier Australia’s High Court acquitted him successful April 2020. Pell strenuously denied the charges, which helium dismissed successful a 2016 constabulary interrogation arsenic a “product of fantasy.”
In its two-page summary of the ruling, the High Court said that the assemblage “ought to person entertained a uncertainty arsenic to the applicant’s guilt” and ordered that the convictions beryllium quashed.
In a statement, the Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher expressed sadness astatine Pell’s death. “This quality comes arsenic a large daze to each of us. Please commune for the repose of the psyche of Cardinal Pell, for comfortableness and consolation for his household and for each of those who loved him and are grieving him astatine this time,” helium said successful a Facebook post.
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