Framed by the Vatican: Pell’s shock claim over child sex conviction

Wednesday December 16, 2020

Cardinal George Pell suspects he was framed on child sex charges in Victoria due to his work on Vatican financial reform.

Cardinal George Pell has written a book about his time in jail before being cleared of sexual abuse charges. (Photo: AAP: James Ross)

Cardinal Pell was in December 2018 convicted on five charges of child sexual abuse but in April had his convictions quashed by the High Court.

He has since returned to his residence in Vatican City after a short period in Sydney and will this week publish his prison diaries.

The cardinal, who spent 404 days in…

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