Vatican treasurer faces Australian court for hearing on sex offence charges

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Lawyers for Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell asked an Australian court on Monday to allow a support person to sit with him through a four-week pre-trial hearing into charges of historical sexual offences because of his age and ill health.

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