Pell moves to Vatican for new job watching the budget

AUSTRALIA
Australian Financial Review

JULIAN DRAPE AND PETA MCCARTNEY

Cardinal George Pell, who has been criticised by people testifying to the Royal Commission on sexual abuse, has been appointed to a job at the Vatican in charge of the Roman Catholic church’s budget.

Pope Francis said Pell would be in charge of a new body having authority over all economic and administrative activities within the Holy See and Vatican.

The shake-up – following a wave of scandals at the Vatican bank – is the first major overhaul of the church’s outdated and inefficient bureaucracy in 25 years.

The Vatican said in a statement that Cardinal Pell “has been asked to start work as soon as possible” as head of the Secretariat for the Economy.

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