Vatican cardinal spent $800,000 to discredit Cardinal Pell during sex abuse trial: report An Italian newspaper reported that Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu moved money into 'an Australian account' while Cardinal Pell faced false charges in Sydney. ROME, October 3, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A report published by an Italian newspaper alleged that Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, the former Substitute for General Affairs in the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, spent more than $800,000 to discredit Cardinal George Pell during a sexual abuse trial. Pell was later unanimously cleared of the charges by the seven justices of the High Court of Australia. On...