George Pell, a former advisor to Pope Francis and Australia's most senior Catholic cleric, knew about child sex abuse within the Catholic Church for decades, report alleges

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• An unredacted report by Australia's royal commission released on Thursday local time alleges that George Pell, a former advisor to Pope Francis and Australia's most senior Catholic cleric, knew about sexual abuse within the Catholic church for decades and did little to stop it. 
• The 78-year-old was previously convicted of sexually abusing two 13-year-old boys at a Melbourne church, though his historic conviction was overturned last month.
• According to the report, by 1973 Pell was "not only conscious of child sexual abuse by clergy but that he also had considered measures of avoiding situations which might provoke gossip about it."
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Cardinal George Pell, a former advisor to Pope Francis and Australia's most senior Catholic cleric, knew about child sex abuse within the Catholic Church since at least 1973, an unredacted report by Australia's royal commission alleged on Thursday local time.

The 78-year-old previously served as archbishop of Melbourne and was also one of Pope Francis' closest advisors. He was previously convicted of sexually abusing two 13-year-old boys at a Melbourne church, though his historic conviction was overturned last month.

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