{"id":29432,"date":"2017-06-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/pope-reacts-to-george-pell-sexual-assault-charges\/"},"modified":"2017-06-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T00:00:00","slug":"pope-reacts-to-george-pell-sexual-assault-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/pope-reacts-to-george-pell-sexual-assault-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope reacts to George Pell sexual assault charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Pope appears to be pushing Cardinal George Pell to return to Australia to face charges over historical sexual assault allegations.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/david-and-will\/id1167323375?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>David and Will podcast on iTunes here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Pope clearly wants to put this behind them,\u201d Channel 7 Europe correspondent Cath Turner has told FIVEAA breakfast. \u201cHe\u2019s given [Pell] a special leave of absence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s saying, you can\u2019t hide from this anymore. We support you, go and clear your name.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Cath said the charges brought against Pell by Victorian police sent \u201cshock waves\u201d through the Vatican:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEven though there had been a bit of a heads-up from the police\u2026 the Vatican, George Pell and the Pope knew that these changes could be laid\u2026 still, when the decision came down\u2026 it sent shock waves throughout the entire Vatican, the church, the clergymen and observers of the church who are just stunned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the highest ranking official within the church to face charges like this. It can\u2019t be overstated how important and significant this is, and what sort of damage it could do to the church.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cardinal Pell denies the allegations and says, subject to medical advice, he will return to Australia for his trial.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/david-and-will\/id1167323375?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>David and Will podcast on iTunes here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/The-Adelaide-Crows-now-apparently-want-this-rival-midfield-star\"><strong>CROWS CHASE RIVAL MIDFIELD STAR &#8212; AND IT\u2019S NOT BRYCE GIBBS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/This-CEO-just-fired-a-huge-warning-at-South-Australia\"><strong>BANK CEO FIRES BIG WARNING AT SOUTH AUSTRALIA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pope appears to be pushing Cardinal George Pell to return to Australia to face charges over historical sexual assault allegations. David and Will podcast on iTunes here. \u201cThe Pope clearly wants to put this behind them,\u201d Channel 7 Europe correspondent Cath Turner has told FIVEAA breakfast. \u201cHe\u2019s given [Pell] a special leave of absence.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[244,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-29432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-david-and-will","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pope reacts to George Pell sexual assault charges - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/pope-reacts-to-george-pell-sexual-assault-charges\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pope reacts to George Pell sexual assault charges\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Pope appears to be pushing Cardinal George Pell to return to Australia to face charges over historical sexual assault allegations. 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