Pope's retirement to set a bad precedent: Cardinal George Pell

Updated February 27 2013 - 11:35pm, first published 11:30pm

FORMER Ballarat priest and Australia’s most senior Catholic George Pell has criticised outgoing Pope Benedict XVI, saying his retirement sets a worrying precedent.

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