LATEST THERE. HEY, ANNE, GOOD MORNING.

HEY, ANNE, GOOD MORNING. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, HODA,

>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, HODA, THE VATICAN CALLS THE CONVICTION

THE VATICAN CALLS THE CONVICTION OF CARDINAL GEORGE PELL PAINFUL

OF CARDINAL GEORGE PELL PAINFUL AND REVEALS THAT HE IS

AND REVEALS THAT HE IS RESTRICTED FROM PUBLIC MINISTRY.

RESTRICTED FROM PUBLIC MINISTRY. THIS COMES LESS THAN 48 HOURS

THIS COMES LESS THAN 48 HOURS AFTER POPE FRANCIS DECLARED AN

AFTER POPE FRANCIS DECLARED AN ALL-OUT WAR ON CLERGY SEX ABUSE.

ALL-OUT WAR ON CLERGY SEX ABUSE. NOW, THIS CONVICTION THREATENS

NOW, THIS CONVICTION THREATENS TO SEND ONE OF THE POPE’S

TO SEND ONE OF THE POPE’S CLOSEST ADVISERS TO PRISON.

CLOSEST ADVISERS TO PRISON. AUSTRALIAN CARDINAL GEORGE PELL

AUSTRALIAN CARDINAL GEORGE PELL ONCE A MEMBER OF POPE FRANCIS’S

ONCE A MEMBER OF POPE FRANCIS’S INNER CIRCLE AND THE CHIEF OF

INNER CIRCLE AND THE CHIEF OF VATICAN FINANCES NOW CONVICTED

VATICAN FINANCES NOW CONVICTED OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE.

OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE. IN DECEMBER AN AUSTRALIAN JURY

IN DECEMBER AN AUSTRALIAN JURY FOUND PELL GUILTY OF ABUSING TWO

FOUND PELL GUILTY OF ABUSING TWO 13-YEAR-OLD CHOIR BOYS.

13-YEAR-OLD CHOIR BOYS. THOUGH THE VERDICT WAS REACHED

THOUGH THE VERDICT WAS REACHED IN DECEMBER, AN AUSTRALIAN COURT

IN DECEMBER, AN AUSTRALIAN COURT ORDER PREVENTED THE DECISION

ORDER PREVENTED THE DECISION FROM BEING MADE PUBLIC UNTIL

FROM BEING MADE PUBLIC UNTIL NOW.

NOW. THE VERDICT SHOCKING MANY HERE

THE VERDICT SHOCKING MANY HERE AT THE VATICAN.

AT THE VATICAN. >> I HOPE AT ALL TIMES IS THAT

>> I HOPE AT ALL TIMES IS THAT THROUGH THIS PROCESS JUSTICE

THROUGH THIS PROCESS JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED.

WILL BE SERVED. >> Reporter: ONE BOY SAID PELL

>> Reporter: ONE BOY SAID PELL EXPOSED HIMSELF AND MOLESTED

EXPOSED HIMSELF AND MOLESTED THEM BACK IN 1996 WHEN HE CAUGHT

THEM BACK IN 1996 WHEN HE CAUGHT THEM SWIGGING SACRAMENTAL WINE

THEM SWIGGING SACRAMENTAL WINE AFTER MASS.

AFTER MASS. A SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED WEEKS

A SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED WEEKS LATER.

LATER. THIS WAS THE SECOND TRIAL ON

THIS WAS THE SECOND TRIAL ON THESE CHARGES.

THESE CHARGES. THE FIRST JURY COULD NOT REACH A

THE FIRST JURY COULD NOT REACH A DECISION.

DECISION. >> THERE’S A LOT OF SKEPTICISM

>> THERE’S A LOT OF SKEPTICISM ABOUT IT IN COMPARISON WITH

ABOUT IT IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER CASES.

OTHER CASES. IS THAT RIGHT?

IS THAT RIGHT? THAT DOESN’T SOUND LIKE THE

THAT DOESN’T SOUND LIKE THE GEORGE PELL WE KNOW.

GEORGE PELL WE KNOW. >> Reporter: PELL WAS SUPPOSED

>> Reporter: PELL WAS SUPPOSED TO FACE ANOTHER TRIAL FOR

TO FACE ANOTHER TRIAL FOR MOLESTING BOYS IN A SWIMMING

MOLESTING BOYS IN A SWIMMING POOL IN THE 1970s, BUT THOSE

POOL IN THE 1970s, BUT THOSE CHARGES WERE DROPPED, AND THE

CHARGES WERE DROPPED, AND THE SUPPRESSION ORDER LIFTED.

SUPPRESSION ORDER LIFTED. PELL FACES PRISON TIME,

PELL FACES PRISON TIME, SOMETHING OTHER CHILD ABUSE

SOMETHING OTHER CHILD ABUSE SURVIVORS ARE DEMANDING.

SURVIVORS ARE DEMANDING. >> WE WANT TO SEE HIM FRY IN

>> WE WANT TO SEE HIM FRY IN HELL FOREVER.

HELL FOREVER. >> Reporter: JUST THIS PAST

>> Reporter: JUST THIS PAST SUNDAY POPE FRANCIS ENDED A

SUNDAY POPE FRANCIS ENDED A CONFERENCE ON SEXUAL ABUSE IN

CONFERENCE ON SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE CHURCH.

THE CHURCH. THE PONTIFF CALLING FOR AN

THE PONTIFF CALLING FOR AN ALL-OUT BATTLE AGAINST A CRIME

ALL-OUT BATTLE AGAINST A CRIME HE SAID SHOULD BE ERASED FROM

HE SAID SHOULD BE ERASED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

THE FACE OF THE EARTH. PELL WHO IS 77 INSISTS THAT HE’S

PELL WHO IS 77 INSISTS THAT HE’S INNOCENT.

INNOCENT. IN THE PAST HE’S CALLED THESE

IN THE PAST HE’S CALLED THESE ACCUSATIONS VILE AND DISGUSTING.