AUSTRALIA
The Age
Cardinal George Pell will keep his honorary role at AFL club Richmond as he faces sex offence charges.
Tigers chief executive Brendon Gale has released a statement, confirming Cardinal Pell still has strong links to the club.
Pell signed with the Tigers in the late ’50s, but did not play for them in the then-VFL before he joined the priesthood.
He has been a vice-patron of the club since the late 1990s.
“In light of Cardinal Pell’s fundamental rights to the presumption of innocence and to a fair trial, he will remain a vice-patron of the club pending the outcome of any trial,” Gale told Fox Footy.
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