The Pope's finance chief and third most senior cardinal in the Catholic Church has been charged with historic sex offences. In revelations that have rocked the Vatican, Australian Cardinal George Pell has been ordered to to face a court in Melbourne in three weeks.
There is no extradition agreement between the Vatican and Australia, but Cardinal Pell, 76, has already vowed to return to fight the charges. He is the highest-ranking official to be charged in the sex abuse scandal that has dogged the Catholic Church for years.