In a matter of weeks Australia’s most senior Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, will know whether he will stand trial to face allegations of historical sexual offences. The magistrate Belinda Wallington adjourned Melbourne magistrates court on the eve of the Easter long weekend, bringing the four-week committal hearing to a close. Records, Richter claims, show that Pell only gave Sunday mass on two occasions in 1996. George Pell hearing: ABC journalist defends sources in book about cardinal Read more“They could be torn apart by people like you,” she told him. It was three weeks full of tension, theatre and at times, tedium, as the layout of St Patrick’s Cathedral was interrogated over and over again.

Source: The Guardian March 30, 2018 22:30 UTC