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Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Cardinal George Pell, whose convictions for sexually abusing a child were overturned, died Tuesday of health complications following routine hip surgery.
The Australian clergyman was in Rome, where he underwent hip replacement surgery. The National Catholic Register reported the surgery was successful but Pell was suspected of having gone into cardiac arrest afterward. He was 81.
Pell was appointed by Pope Francis to first prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy in 2014. In 2017, he faced multiple charges of child sex abuse stemming from his time as archbishop of Melbourne. He returned to Australia, where he was convicted and sentenced to six years in prison.
In 2020, the High Court of Australia overturned the convictions.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-...nal-george-pell-dies-australia/2251673393360/
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The Australian clergyman was in Rome, where he underwent hip replacement surgery. The National Catholic Register reported the surgery was successful but Pell was suspected of having gone into cardiac arrest afterward. He was 81.
Pell was appointed by Pope Francis to first prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy in 2014. In 2017, he faced multiple charges of child sex abuse stemming from his time as archbishop of Melbourne. He returned to Australia, where he was convicted and sentenced to six years in prison.
In 2020, the High Court of Australia overturned the convictions.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-...nal-george-pell-dies-australia/2251673393360/
Why?
We know why.