Cardinal Pell loses his appeal against conviction for child abuse

Cardinal George Pell has lost his appeal against his conviction for five charges of child abuse in 1990. In this guest post, Neil Addison, a criminal barrister and a former Senior Crown Prosecutor, discusses the case.

In George Pell v The Queen [2019] VSCA 186, by a majority of 2-1, Cardinal George Pell lost his appeal against his conviction for five charges of child abuse in 1990. There is a summary of the decision here.

The Appeal Court in Melbourne spent eleven weeks deciding whether or not the jury in the trial made the wrong decision. Continue reading