Journalists Who Reported On A Cardinal's Sex Abuse Verdict Could Face Jail Time
More than 100 notices have been sent to reporters and media organizations for breaching a judge's suppression order in the trial of Australian Cardinal George Pell.
by Sasha Ingber
Feb 28, 2019
3 minutes
Dozens of journalists and media outlets that reported on the sex abuse conviction of the world's most high-ranking Catholic cleric ever charged with such crimes could face fines or jail time for breaching a gag order.
In December, a jury , 77, of sexually abusing two 13-year-old choirboys decades ago. But before the verdict was handed down, Judge Peter Kidd in Melbourne's County Court of Victoria forbade details of the trial to be published, out of concern that it
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