Senior Catholic Cardinal Faces Sexual Assault Trial
- 6 years ago
A judge has ordered Cardinal George Pell to stand trial on sexual assault charges, making him the most senior Catholic ever to be tried in connection with the church's sex scandals. Around half of the historical charges, including the ones Pell's attorney described as the most "vile," were dismissed, but Pell will stand trial on charges relating to alleged sexual offenses in a pool in the town of Ballarat in the 1970s, and at Melbourne's St.