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Cardinal Pell was convicted of child sexual abuse offences in 2018 while he was the Archbishop of Melbourne.This article contains references to child abuse.The former Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne and Archbishop of Sydney died from heart complications on Tuesday evening following hip surgery, Archbishop of Melbourne Peter Comensoli said.
He always maintained his innocence and his convictions were quashed in a unanimous decision by the High Court in 2020.Archbishop Comensoli said the cardinal was a very significant and influential church leader, both in Australia and abroad. On 9 April 2020, after more than 400 days behind bars, the High Court granted Cardinal Pell's application and quashed all charges on the basis of insufficient evidence.
He succeeded Sir Frank Little as Melbourne Archbishop in 1996 and then moved to Sydney to be the archbishop there five years later. Shine Lawyers, who are representing the father of an altar boy who alleged he was abused by Cardinal Pell, said the legal claim against the church and the cardinal's estate would continue.
"As an ecclesiastical and cultural conservative, he attracted praise and blame from all the expected quarters.
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