Cardinal George Pell’s Secretary, Father Joseph Hamilton, confirmed he suffered a cardiac arrest after a successful hip replacement surgery on Tuesday.
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.Corriere della SeraAustralia’s most prominent Catholic cleric, Pell spent 404 days in solitary confinement at a Melbourne prison after he was convicted in 2018 of molesting two choirboys two decades prior.
After a lengthy legal battle, a panel of seven judges dismissed his jury verdict as unreasonable, saying there was a “significant possibility” he was innocent. The decision was criticized by legal experts who noted the prosecution’s opacity, including a refusal to release the testimony of Pell’s primary accuser.
A month after his appeal was granted, an Australian government inquiry found that Pell had known for decades about other instances of clergy members preying upon children, but had failed to take any action.
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