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Australian Cardinal George Pell’s Sex-Abuse Case to Go to Trial
His offenses are alleged to have occurred decades ago
Cardinal George Pell arrived at court in Melbourne on Tuesday. Photo: Michael Dodge/Getty Images
By Robb M. Stewart
Updated May 1, 2018 4:29 a.m. ET
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Cardinal George Pell, one of the Vatican’s highest-ranking officials, will be tried by a jury on charges of sexual offenses that allegedly occurred decades ago in Australia.
On Tuesday, Melbourne Magistrate Belinda Wallington dismissed half of the charges against the 76-year-old cleric, but ruled there was sufficient evidence for the remainder of the charges to go to trial in a higher court.
Asked by the judge after a 90-minute hearing how he would plead, the cardinal said, “not guilty.”
Cardinal Pell took leave from his job as Pope Francis’ finance chief last year after police in Australia’s southern Victoria state in June charged him with multiple sexual offenses involving multiple complainants. The number of charges hasn’t been disclosed publicly, although several charges were withdrawn by the prosecution during the pretrial hearing.
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