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Australian Cardinal Pell appeals child sex convictions
- Jun 5, 2019
The most senior Catholic found guilty of child sex abuse began his court appeal Wednesday against his convictions on charges of molesting two choirboys in an Australian cathedral more than 20 years ago.

By Rod McGuirk
Australian cardinal to appeal child sex convictions
- Jun 4, 2019
The most senior Catholic found guilty of child sex abuse will ask an Australian appeals court on Wednesday to reverse convictions on charges of molesting two choirboys in a cathedral more than 20 years ago as hundreds of worshippers streamed from Masses.

By Rod McGuirk
Australian Catholic Church releases standards for child protection
- Jun 3, 2019
The Australian Catholic Church has released its National Catholic Safeguarding Standards, more than 18 months after they were recommended by the country’s landmark Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, in the latest chapter in the overhaul of how the Church responds to clergy sexual abuse.

By Michael Sainsbury

Australian cardinal won’t fight sentence if he loses appeal
- May 27, 2019
Disgraced Australian Catholic cardinal George Pell will not fight for a reduced jail sentence if he fails in his appeal of his conviction for molesting two choirboys in the 1990s, a court spokesman said Monday.

By Trevor Marshallsea
Melbourne Archdiocese sees increasing costs in payouts to abuse survivors
- May 24, 2019
The Melbourne Archdiocese compensation plan, devised by Cardinal George Pell in 1996 to pay people who had been sexually abused by clergy, was designed to limit financial damage to the Church by having survivors sign away their rights to sue the Church.

By Michael Sainsbury
Australian Church looks for more collegial models of governance
- May 9, 2019
The Australian Catholic Church is looking for more collegial models of governance in Catholic schools, hospitals and charities as it conducts an unprecedented review of existing clerical and hierarchical models that have failed dioceses and parishes during the ongoing child sex abuse crisis.

By Michael Sainsbury

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Australian agency admits serious error in reporting Vatican bank transfers
- Jan 13, 2021

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