BREAKING: Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell sentenced to six years in prison for sexually assaulting two choirboys
Melbourne, Australia Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Vatican official to be convicted of sex abuse to date, has been sentenced to six years in prison for the"callous" assault of two choirboys in the late 1990s.
A former senior adviser to Pope Francis, Pell showed no reaction when Chief Judge Peter Kidd handed down his sentence in a hearing broadcast live worldwide on Wednesday from Victoria's County Court in central Melbourne.Pell, 77, was found guilty of one count of sexual penetration of a child and four counts of committing an indecent act with a child last December after a secret five-week trial.
Vatican treasurer guilty of child sex abuse 03:39The sentencingPell has spent the past two weeks in custody and was brought into the court from the Melbourne Assessment Prison via an internal entrance, avoiding rows of cameras set up outside the court in central Melbourne. More than 150 people crammed into the courtroom, which had been fitted with extra seats to cope with the demand from those who wanted to be there in person to hear how he'd be punished.
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