AFP2026-05-152026-05-152017-06-30https://bdears.busitema.ac.ug/handle/123456789/2654Newspaper ArticleFrom country priest to trusted top Vatican aide, the rise of Australia's most senior Catholic cleric, George Pell, has been plagued in its twilight by sordid controversies from the past. To his admirers, the 76-year-old cardinal embodies the orthodox traditions of Australian Catholicism, but to his critics, he represents an institution that has failed to properly deal with child sex abuse allegations.enArticle