Cardinal’s security reviewed amid threats
NSW police have reviewed the security arrangements surrounding George Pell following a growing number of menacing threats.
NSW police have reviewed the security arrangements surrounding George Pell following a growing number of menacing threats.
Public confidence is wavering as Victoria’s justice system damages democracy.
A fundamental principle of the justice system is that every person is innocent until proven guilty.
‘I had a shower, toilet and firm bed. What else does a man need?’ George Pell reveals the trials of his 405 days of incarceration.
Keeping a 300,000-word journal helped George Pell in prison, the Cardinal now planning for a quieter life in Sydney.
George Pell’s acquittal is the latest in a series of legal matters that have caused public confidence in Victoria’s legal system to waver.
Were it run by a real editor, the ABC would have given more prominence to the High Court quashing the Pell conviction.
We should be grateful that our highest court has reaffirmed an important legal principle.
In the end we see an Easter message of acceptance and tolerance.
From the start, the problem with the case against Cardinal George Pell was the way in which it was handled by the police.
The suppression order in this important trial was nothing short of a disgrace.
His face is gaunt, belly flat. But for the first time in 13 months, George Pell is robed as a prince of the Catholic Church.
“I have just spent 13 months in jail for a crime I didn’t commit. I knew God was with me, but I didn’t know what He was up to.”
Supporters of George Pell will encourage him to seek redress for his 405-day jail ordeal and leave open the option to sue for libel.
Failed pursuit of George Pell overshadows ugly history of clerical child sex offending, police collaboration.
Victoria’s Police Minister defends her state’s legal system and police force.
Prison life has aged George Pell. He weighs less and was caught in clothes he might wear to weed the garden.
George Pell’s supporters are backing a review of the way police and prosecutors handled the ultimately failed pursuit of the cardinal.
George Pell will employ typical graciousness and forgive those who have maligned him.
The High Court was absolutely right to free a needlessly persecuted and innocent man on grounds of reasonable doubt.
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