Cardinal Pell returns to Vatican mired in financial scandal

ROME (AP) — Cardinal George Pell has returned to Rome after his acquittal on child sexual abuse charges to find the Vatican mired in a financial corruption scandal. The former Holy See finance czar left the Vatican in 2017 to face the sexual abuse charges in his native Australia. The 79-year-old Pell arrived at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci airport on Wednesday after a flight from Sydney wearing a blue surgical mask. He waved briefly to reporters before getting into a waiting car without