George Pell has arguably been Australia's most prominent religious figure over the past few decades, and one of its most controversial.
From a humble upbringing in country Victoria, George Pell rose to become Australia's highest-ranking Catholic and a key advisor to Pope Francis, while attracting criticism at home over his handling of church abuse scandals.
He later became the most senior Catholic figure to be jailed for child sexual offences, serving 13 months in jail before that conviction was quashed, with the High Court finding an innocent man may have been jailed.
