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Pell was found guilty of sexual abuse that same year, though those convictions were ultimately quashed in 2020 by the Australian High Court

Catholic Church loses bid to have abuse lawsuit thrown out in Australia


By News on the Net -- CNA Catholic News Agency——--August 28, 2023

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, The Catholic Church on Friday suffered a loss in an Australian appeals court after a panel of judges said an abuse case brought by the father of an alleged victim of Cardinal George Pell could proceed.

The cardinal allegedly abused the boy in the 1990s; his father brought suit against the Catholic Church and Pell in 2022, shortly before Pell’s death in January of this year. The alleged victim himself died of a heroin overdose in 2014. ---More...


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