Sky News host Andrew Bolt has claimed Cardinal George Pell's body had been 'mucked up' - with the nose broken and his clothes simply thrown into the coffin - before it returned to Australia after his death.
Andrew Bolt says the Vatican should be 'deeply ashamed' about how they treated George Pell 's body before it was sent back to Australia
Sky News host Andrew Bolt revealed graphic details of the process on Wednesday night as he described how a confidante of Pell who was at the opening of the Cardinal's coffin found his body had been treated with"gross disrespect" in what the host described as a"final insult" to a"great and innocent man."
"In fact, I'd been told he wasn't only shoeless – all his clothes had simply been just thrown in the coffin." "It is true that the Vatican did Pell the full honours at his death, with a packed service at St Peter's, attended by the Pope, and Pell remains of course admired by many around the world, including me... admired as a man of God, a man of principle, a reformer, a strong leader and a man persecuted for his faith.In the years before his death, Pell helped lead an audit of Vatican finances in an investigation of corruption.
A week later, Pell was charged by Victoria Police with sexual assault offences, which were later quashed unanimously by the High Court in 2020.
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