archdiocese of Melbourne

Melbourne priest appointed Bishop of Sale in Australia
- Jun 28, 2020
Melbourne native Monsignor Greg Bennet has been appointed the Bishop of Sale, located in the Australian state of Victoria.

By Crux Staff
Pell acquitted of abuse charges and will be released from Australian prison
- Apr 6, 2020
NEW YORK — Australia’s highest court unanimously acquitted Cardinal George Pell of child abuse on Tuesday, marking a stunning turn of events for the 78-year-old prelate who had previously been the most senior Catholic official to be found guilty of sexual abuse. The reverse decision comes after Pell was convicted

By Christopher White
As Australia fights COVID-19, archbishop says virus changing church ministries
- Mar 31, 2020
Archbishop Peter Comensoli of Melbourne has voiced his belief that the global COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has not only forced the Catholic Church to be more creative about how it evangelizes, but it is also reshaping how faith is lived in the family.

By Elise Ann Allen

Australian diocese to pay millions in settlement in one abuse case
- Sep 28, 2019
Australia’s Ballarat Diocese will pay up to $3 million (US$2.03 million) in a landmark compensation claim for clerical sexual abuse after a victim, code name JCB, won an out-of-court settlement for abuse during the early 1990s by Gerald Ridsdale, a former priest.

By Michael Sainsbury
Australian court rejects Pell’s appeal and upholds abuse conviction
- Aug 21, 2019
Cardinal George Pell’s effort to appeal his conviction for sexual abuse was rejected by a Melbourne court on Wednesday in a 2-1 decision, delivering a striking blow to one of the global Catholic Church’s most prominent figures.

By Christopher White
Pell’s appeal pitted word of former choirboy against priest
- Aug 20, 2019
Cardinal George Pell’s appeal against his convictions for child molestation was largely a question of who the jury should have believed, his accuser or a senior priest whose church role was likened to Pell’s bodyguard.

By Rod McGuirk