Cardinal George Pell, the highest ranking Vatican official ever criminally prosecuted for sexual abuse, was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for molesting two choir boys in Australia in the late 1990's.
Pell, who formerly served as a senior adviser to Pope Francis, was found guilty in December on one count of sexual penetration of a child and four counts of committing an indecent act with a child following a five-week trial, which was shielded from public view by a government mandated gag-order. His sentencing Tuesday, however, was broadcast live to the nation from Victoria's County Court in Melbourne.
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