Pell returns to the Vatican for a private audience with Pope Francis

Pell returns to the Vatican for a private audience with Pope Francis

Cardinal George Pell was cleared earlier this year of sexual abuse charges in Australia after spending 13 months in prison.

  • byPhilip Pullella

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Lawyer denies Pell's accuser ever received money for evidence

Lawyer denies Pell's accuser ever received money for evidence

Lawyer for man who gave evidence against George Pell at trial has denied her client ever received money,amid reports that Vatican funds were sent to people in Australia to help secure the sex assault conviction against the cardinal.

  • byAdam Cooper
Media companies and journalists to face contempt trial over Pell case

Media companies and journalists to face contempt trial over Pell case

Thirty journalists,editors and news organisations have been accused by Victorian prosecutors of breaching a suppression order imposed by the County Court.

  • byDavid Estcourt
Media companies heading to mediation over Pell contempt charges

Media companies heading to mediation over Pell contempt charges

News outlets will go to trial on contempt of court charges over reporting connected with Cardinal George Pell's conviction unless mediation resolves the case.

  • byAdam Cooper
George Pell spat on and called a'black spider'while in prison

George Pell spat on and called a'black spider'while in prison

Cardinal George Pell has described the 13 months he spent behind bars,including an encounter with another prisoner in which he was spat and called a'black spider'during his daily exercise.

  • bySimone Fox Koob
Multiple contempt trials loom over reporting of Pell's conviction

Multiple contempt trials loom over reporting of Pell's conviction

Contempt of court charges against media organisations over reporting of George Pell's conviction in 2018 could be divided into as many as 13 separate trials.

  • byAdam Cooper
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Pell sections of royal commission report to be published within days

Pell sections of royal commission report to be published within days

Attorney-General Christian Porter says it's'now OK'to release unredacted version of findings about George Pell's knowledge of child sexual abuse complaints.

Porter seeks'final advice'on release of commission's Pell findings

Porter seeks'final advice'on release of commission's Pell findings

Federal Attorney General Christian Porter said he sought guidance about making public the royal commission's previously redacted findings about the cardinal.

  • byChip Le Grand
New police probe wouldn’t be a surprise:George Pell

New police probe wouldn’t be a surprise:George Pell

In his first interview since his release from prison,Cardinal Pell told conservative commentator Andrew Bolt on Sky News that it was'ironic'that he was convicted of child sexual abuse when he had led the Melbourne archdiocese response against it.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Pell's jail diaries detail'petty humiliations',job as roof gardener

Pell's jail diaries detail'petty humiliations',job as roof gardener

The cardinal has released excerpts from his prison diary revealing his thoughts and activities during more than 400 days behind bars before his release last week.

  • byStaff reporters
Pell talks of suffering in Easter message

Pell talks of suffering in Easter message

Cardinal Pell wrote that the sexual abuse crisis damaged thousands of victims.