Australian Cardinal George Pell's funeral sparks protests as mourners gather

Australian Cardinal George Pell's funeral sparks protests as mourners gather

Mourners and protesters faced off in Sydney on Thursday at the funeral service for Australian Cardinal George Pell, a former top Vatican official who was acquitted in 2020 of sexual abuse accusations. Australian police officials said they had dropped a court bid to block a protest after organisers agreed to change an initial demonstration route and gather in a road adjacent to St Mary's Cathedral, the funeral venue. Hundreds took part in the pro…

Mourners call Australian Cardinal Pell victim of injustice

SYDNEY (AP) -- Mourners at the Sydney funeral for Australian Cardinal George Pell, who was once the most senior Catholic convicted of sex abuse, remembered him Thursday as a victim of a campaign to punish him regardless of his guilt. Meanwhile, a few hundred protesters yelled slogans from the street denouncing Pell, a staunch conservative who had riled gay rights supporters and was among church leaders blamed for inaction on clergy sex abuse. S…

Former Australian PM hails George Pell as a 'saint' as funeral of controversial cardinal sparks protests

Cardinal George Pell remains a divisive figure even in death, with angry protests at his funeral in Sydney on Thursday and a former prime minister describing him as a "saint."

George Pell: Australian Cardinal George Pell’s funeral sparks protests as mourners gather

SYDNEY, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Mourners and protesters faced off in Sydney on Thursday at the funeral service for Australian Cardinal George Pell, a former top Vatican official who was acquitted in 2020 of sexual abuse accusations.

Late Australian cardinal's funeral sparks Sydney protests

SYDNEY: Protesters confronted mourners with chants of shame outside the funeral of controversial top Vatican cardinal George Pell in Sydney on Thursday.Pell died in Rome last month aged 81 and was...

Australian Cardinal George Pell's funeral sparks protests as mourners gather

In park opposite cathedral, some protesters held signs reading