'You may not live to be released from prison,' the judge told cardinal George Pell.
MELBOURNE — Cardinal George Pell has been sentenced to a total of six years in prison, with a nonparole period of three years and eight months, for sexually abusing two choirboys in the 1990s.
Pell was convicted by a jury in December 2018 in the Victorian County Court of one count of sexual penetration of a child and four counts of committing an indecent act with, or in the presence of, a child. The judge began by saying there was a"unique context" to the sentence, noting the"extraordinary and widespread publicity and public comment" surrounding the case.He also noted the context of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, but stressed he was required to sentence Pell in accordance with the law.
Pell sat quietly at the back of the courtroom, surrounded by multiple security officers, and looked straight ahead at Kidd as his sentence was delivered.Country CourtPell committed the offences in 1996 and 1997 at St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne. He then forced the other boy to perform oral sex on him, before touching the boy's genitals and masturbating at the same time.
Kidd found"without hesitation" that Pell had abused his power and committed a breach of trust in his offending.
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