Pope removes two cardinals hit by sex scandals from group of close advisers 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy ReutersVATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has removed from his group of close advisers two cardinals hit by sexual abuse scandals, including his economy minister, Australian George Pell, the Vatican said on Wednesday. The other member removed from the so called C-9 – a group of nine cardinals that meets periodically with the pope in Rome – is Francisco Javier Errázuriz of Chile. A third C-9 cardinal, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, 79, of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was also leaving the group, Burke told a briefing on the C-9’s latest meeting, which ended on Wednesday. The pope told Reuters last June in an interview that he planned to use the five-year anniversary of the C-9 to “to renew it a bit”.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 12, 2018 14:26 UTC