George Pell’s ‘old foe’ accused of using Vatican funds to rig trial | Sky News Australia

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A senior Catholic cardinal has been accused of using Vatican funds to influence the now overturned child sex abuse conviction of Cardinal George Pell.

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu was last month sacked from his position at the helm of the Holy See’s department responsible for making saints as Vatican investigators probed his spending record. Today, fresh allegations have surfaced in Italian papers, La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera, accusing Cardinal Becciu of wiring $1.1 million to contacts in Australia to influence the Pell trial.

“Before he returned to Australia in 2017 where he was tried, jailed and acquitted on appeal, Cardinal Pell, 79, served as finance minister at the Vatican, where his attempts to clean up opaque accounting were opposed by Cardinal Becciu,” the Times reported this morning. “Cardinal Becciu’s clash with Cardinal Pell came to a head in 2016 when the Australian ordered an audit of Vatican finances by an external accountancy firm.

 

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It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

I'm surprised you're even covering this. Sky's cronies absolutely love Pell and everything he stands for.

Where did the money go? Would explain why vicpol stuck to pell like a coat of paint, wouldn't it!

When will the dogs that slandered Car.Pell apologize for the hatched job they did on him? Looking at you VicPol and abc

12fv123 Rotten club

Oh look now sky news are defending a well known pedo

Throw Them both in Jail

Still to be mentioned by the ABC.

Pedo Pell needs to go back to court....but he won't.....his big money friends and church have seen to that....off to enjoy retirement in Rome not rotting in his cell like he should be.....sicko

What do they that men that sleep together play together f&kn sic if they had touch my kids I’d be the one in jail

和希特勒握手受宠若惊的教皇 vs 在中共血旗掩映中微笑的教皇 历史,轮回

Duh.

Churches shouldnt have money....thats why they're tax exempt. Wealth should be redistributed to the needy giving clause to that no tax law.

Ones covering up suspect financial reporting the other covering up abuses by the clergy. I’m with the financial fraudster 👍

Who would have seen that coming..

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