Archbishop Peter Comensoli, the Archbishop of Melbourne, says George Pell had died from heart complications following hip surgery.
ROME, Italy – Australian Cardinal George Pell, a leading Roman Catholic conservative and former top Vatican official who in 2020 was acquitted of sexual abuse allegations, died on Tuesday, January 10, at the age of 81, his private secretary said.
Pell, a former archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney, served as Vatican as economy minister from 2014 until he took a leave of absence in 2017 to return to Australia to face the charges. After his return to Rome, Pell became a familiar face around the Vatican area even though he was retired. His home became a focal point for conservatives preparing their platform for the eventual election of Francis’s successor.
“Look, it was bad, it wasn’t like a holiday, but I don’t want to exaggerate how difficult that was. But there were many dark moments,” Pell told Reuters of his jail time. “The claim will continue against the church and Pell’s estate,” Shine Lawyers Chief Legal Officer Lisa Flynn said in a statement. “There is still a great deal of evidence for this claim to rely on, and the court will be asked in due course to make its ruling on that evidence.”
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