George Pell, the cardinal who arrived at Vatican N 3 and has now been convicted of pedophile

Cardinal George Pell, number three in order of importance in the Vatican, was found guilty of badual abuse of two minors, thus becoming the highest official of the Catholic Church convicted in a case of pedophilia.

The Holy See announced at the last minute of this Tuesday that the Australian prelate was immediately removed from the post of chief of his secretary to the economy. Pell was appointed to this position in February 2014 (the term is typically five years).

"I can confirm that Cardinal George Pell is no longer a prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy," said Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti, via his Twitter account, referring to the country's third office. Holy See.

The Melbourne court said Pell, 77, guilty of badual badault and four other counts of indecent badault against two boys from the altar aged 12 and 13 at the time, for unfortunate events that took place in the sacristy of St. Patrick's Cathedral in this Australian city in the 1990s.

The cardinal of the oceanographic country was convicted, among other charges of badual abuse, of forcing one of the victims to engage in a kelacin and masturbating in front of the other minor.

"It's a painful news that, we know, has shocked many people, not just Australia. As we have done before, we reaffirm our deep respect for the Australian judicial authorities", the Vatican said in a statement read by Gisotti.