Cardinal George Pell is appealing his conviction for sexually abusing two boys. Image: AAP/Jeff Hayes

News

George Pell appeal court told victim was "credible, reliable"

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.

 

News

Appeal court told "impossible" for George Pell to have abused boys

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.

News

George Pell appeal begins against child sex conviction

Disgraced cardinal George Pell believes there were more than a dozen solid obstacles that should have prevented his conviction for sexually abusing two teenage boys in the 1990s.

News

Court reveals George Pell's appeal claims

George Pell is arguing his child sex abuse convictions should be overturned or he should receive a retrial, because of a “fundamental irregularity” that prevented him entering a not guilty plea in front of his jury.

News

Who is the Adelaide lawyer at the centre of the Pell trial?

As he spoke the words that sent Cardinal George Pell to a basement cell yesterday – “take him away” – it marked another extraordinary episode in the stellar legal career of Adelaide-born-and-trained Judge Peter Kidd, known for his work on high-profile cases prosecuting murderers, drug traffickers and war criminals.