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George Pell, Australia’s most senior Catholic, has been sentenced to six years jail for sexually abusing two choirboys while he was the Archbishop of Melbourne in the late 1990s.
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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.
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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.
UPDATED | Cardinal George Pell has been taken into custody and will spend his first night in a jail cell for sexually abusing two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral.
As Cardinal George Pell ascended the senior ranks of the Catholic Church, he kept secret a dark history of sexually molesting young boys.
Cardinal George Pell faces a lengthy jail term after being found guilty of violent sex assaults against two young choirboys.
Cardinal George Pell’s barrister has accused police of failing to follow guidelines for investigating prominent people as the senior cleric fights historical sex offence charges.
