Survivors of church sexual abuse hung ribbons on the gates of St Mary’s before tomorrow’s funeral service,but security guards tried to remove them.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said victims and survivors of abuse should be foremost in people’s thoughts.
The Coalition leader said the cardinal’s year in prison “should provide some cause for reflection for the Victorian Labor Government and its institutions”.
The Australian Catholic Church's most powerful figure,George Pell,is'outspoken,controversial,reviled and loved'. We revisit this 2012 Good Weekend feature by Jane Cadzow.
Some of Australia’s biggest media companies have been fined a combined $1.1 million for breaching contempt of court laws over the way they first reported George Pell’s conviction on sex abuse charges.
Cardinal George Pell says strip-searches were the worst part of his time in jail,while he sensed “a whiff of evil” at work during his trials.
Some of Australia’s leading media groups have said sorry after pleading guilty to contempt of court over the way they first reported Cardinal George Pell’s conviction on child sexual abuse charges.
Australian media companies have pleaded guilty to contempt of court over the way they reported George Pell’s conviction on sexual abuse charges.
"I never,never thought it would be as Technicolor as it proved,"Pell said from his living room armchair in Rome.
Prosecutors have withdrawn 13 of the 100 contempt charges against media companies and journalists over their reporting of George Pell's initial conviction,but lawyers for the news outlets argue more charges should be dropped.
The financial crimes watchdog has handed information to police over claims money was transferred from the Vatican to Australia to help influence the trial of Cardinal George Pell.