Australian Cardinal George Pell, the former Vatican treasurer, has been sentenced to six years in prison, after being convicted in December of sexually abusing two boys inside Melbourne's St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1996.
The 77-year-old will be eligible for parole after serving three years and eight months. He is the most senior Vatican official to be convicted of sexual abuse.
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