
Australian media could face multiple Pell contempt trials
Journalists and media organisations could face more than a dozen separate contempt trials over the publication of details about George Pell’s conviction.
Journalists and media organisations could face more than a dozen separate contempt trials over the publication of details about George Pell’s conviction.
Cardinal George Pell argues the child abuse royal commission’s strongest findings against him are not backed up by the evidence.
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No decision has yet been made on whether Cardinal George Pell will appeal his child sexual abuse convictions to the High Court, a spokeswoman for the cleric says, despite reports to the contrary.
A “genius” appeal judge who was the sole dissenter in the decision to reject Cardinal George Pell’s bid for freedom could be his last remaining hope.
Evidence from George Pell’s surviving sexual assault victim was so moving it relieved any doubt the jury had about his reliability or credibility, prosecutors say.
Cardinal and sex offender George Pell’s bid for freedom will continue today, as prosecutors defend a jury’s decision to convict him for sexually abusing two teenage choirboys in Melbourne in the 1990s.