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George Pell’s Last Bid for Freedom

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Making the deadline by just one day, lawyers for George Pell have filed an application for ‘special leave’ (permission) to appeal to the High Court of Australia, seeking to persuade the court there are legal grounds to hear the appeal...

Should George Pell Be Defrocked?

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Child sexual abuse victims have all eyes on the Vatican, waiting for swift and decisive action by Pope Francis in the wake of George Pell’s failed appeal against his convictions. Unfortunately for them, they could be waiting for some time....

George Pell’s Appeal Against Convictions for Child Sexual Abuse Fails

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A majority of a panel of Supreme Court justices has rejected the appeal by George Pell against his convictions for child sexual abuse. The decision means that Mr Pell, who has already spent 24 weeks in prison, has been ordered...

‘Brazen, Forcible and Breathtakingly Arrogant’: Pell Sent to Prison

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Tonight, Cardinal George Pell starts his sentence behind bars. Australia’s highest ranking Catholic Church official has been sentenced to 6 years in prison, with a non-parole period of 3 years and 8 months. Pell was found guilty in December last...

Journalists Threatened with Criminal Charges Over Reporting of Pell Conviction

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It has been reported that Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions has threatened to press charges against up to one hundred journalists over allegations they breached a Supreme Court suppression order by publishing information in or shortly after December 2018 which...

George Pell Found Guilty of Sexual Assault

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Cardinal George Pell faces a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of sexually assaulting two choirboys. The highest ranking Australian Catholic cleric was found guilty after a five-week trial in Melbourne late last year, but the verdict was suppressed until...

Pell to Stand Trial over Child Sexual Assault Allegations

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The Melbourne Magistrates Court has committed Cardinal George Pell to stand trial over multiple historical child sexual assault allegations. Magistrate Belinda Wallington found there is enough evidence for Australia’s most senior Catholic cleric to stand trial. However, the court discharged...

George Pell’s Committal Hearing: Some Sexual Assault Charges to be Dropped

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Crown prosecutor Mark Gibson SC has foreshadowed that a number of criminal charges brought against Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s highest-ranking Catholic, will be formally withdrawn because the complainant they relate to is “medically unfit to give evidence”. It is expected...

Cardinal Pell Charged with Multiple Child Sex Offences

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Victoria Police have confirmed that Australia’s highest ranking Catholic has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault, including one of rape, in relation to allegations of criminal conduct in the 1970s. The charges follow months of speculation about whether police...

Cardinal George Pell May Never Face Trial in Australia

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Earlier this week, Victorian police confirmed they had received advice from the State’s Director of Public Prosecutions regarding historic allegations of child sexual assault against former-Sydney Archbishop George Pell. While police are yet to announce whether formal charges will be...

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