Cardinal George Pell, whose conviction on child abuse charges shocked the Catholic Church before being quashed, has died at 81.
The former Vatican treasurer is Australia’s highest ranking Catholic cleric, and the most senior church figure ever jailed for such offences.
Cardinal Pell served as Archbishop of Melbourne and Archbishop of Sydney then became one of the Pope’s top aides.
He left his post in 2017 to return to Australia to stand trial.
