Bree A. Dail
VICTORIA, Australia, August 14, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – The three judges in the Appellate Court of Victoria, Australia, will hand down their verdict in Cardinal George Pell’s appeal on August 21 at 9:30 a.m. local time, according to Australian media. The verdict will be live-streamed, as before, on the Supreme Court’s website.
The appeal was heard over the course of two days in June, with Justices Anne Ferguson, Chris Maxwell, and Mark Winberg presiding. Justices may choose to order a retrial of the case, overturn it, or uphold the guilty verdict.
A synopsis of the appeal Cardinal Pell’s legal team made includes three main points for overturning the conviction. The first was the exclusion, by Judge Peter Kidd, of a 19-minute video that displayed in detail where individuals would have been located in the cathedral during the time of the alleged sexual assaults. The second argument was that Cardinal Pell was not arraigned directly in front of a jury – a “fundamental irregularity” in legal proceedings.
The third cited that the jury itself reached an unreasonable verdict.
RORY COYLE
A Westminster priest is insisting that Rory Coyle is celebrating Mass on Sundays in a London parish.
I was assured he is not.
Has anyone any information about this?
PAT SAYS
The appeal verdict on Pell will be very interesting.
On the whole I was persuaded he was guilty.
Others insist it was a mistrial and an injustice.
Pell is also being investigated over an accusation that he released a pastoral letter to his supporters which is against prison rules.
The letter was also critical of Francis.
Should he be releasing pastorals from prison?
He is no Saint Paul.
BISHOP PAT BUCKLEY 