FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2020, file photo, Cardinal George Pell poses for a picture during an interview with the Associated Press inside his residence near the Vatican in Rome. Australian media companies admitted in court Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, they breached a gag order in publishing references to Cardinal George Pell’s since-overturned convictions in 2018 for child sexual abuse. The plea agreement avoids any journalist being sent to prison.
Dozens of companies, reporters and editors were charged with contempt and breaching a suppression order over their coverage of the convictions, which were banned from publication in Australia until February 2019. The media businesses and journalists had been on trial in the Victoria state Supreme Court in Melbourne since November last year. The trial began two years after charges were first laid.
In exchange, prosecutors agreed to drop the remaining 58 charges, including 46 against individual reporters and editors.
Rich people , law doesn’t apply to them
This man is evil, a demon in human form. Australia laws suppressing the press protects perpetrators, child sexual predators and the evil institutions that enable them such as the Catholic Church. Australians need to fight for free speech of their press so victims can be heard.
Who cares. He breached way more than that...
still don't get how the hell the convictions were overturned
thanks for this news