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The shake-up – following a wave of scandals at the Vatican bank – is the first major overhaul of the church’s outdated and inefficient bureaucracy in 25 years.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