The year-old, a top adviser to Pope Francis, is accused of multiple historical sexual offences relating to incidents that allegedly occurred long ago.
He is the most senior Catholic cleric to be charged with criminal offences linked to the church's long-running sexual abuse scandal. The exact details and nature of the allegations against Cardinal Pell have not been made public, other than that they involve "multiple complainants".
Forecasters predicted it will strengthen into a hurricane headed for Mexico and the United States. The country hardest hit by the storm that began on Wednesday was Nicaragua, with 11 dead and seven missing, Vice-President Rosario Murillo told state media on Thursday. Officials in Costa Rica said eight people died, including a three-year-old girl and two young Nicaraguan farm workers, after they were hit by falling trees and mudslides.
At least 17 people were missing. Dozens of people were also hurt in the blaze on Thursday. The guard, who was reported to be mentally ill, also died from his own burn injuries.
The tragedy occurred in a modest quarter of Janauba, a city of 70, about km north of Belo Horizonte city. The nursery school was called Innocent People. We have been experiencing some problems with subscriber log-ins and apologise for the inconvenience caused. Until we resolve the issues, subscribers need not log in to access ST Digital articles. But a log-in is still required for our PDFs. Skip to main content. A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 07, , with the headline 'World Briefs'.
