Australian Cardinal George Pell, 77, has applied to attend the Victoria state Court of Appeal in person for the hearing that is set to be heard by three judges on Wednesday and Thursday.
Court orders had prevented publication for months of the details of that trial and an earlier trial on similar charges that had ended in September with a deadlocked jury. One of Pell's victims died of a heroin overdose in 2014 at the age of 31, apparently without making any accusation of abuse. State law prevents victims of sexual assault from being publicly identified.
Pell's lawyers have also said they will argue that the trial judge erred in not allowing them to use a video graphic in their closing address. They said the graphic would demonstrate that the crimes that were alleged would have been impossible. The Court of Appeal hears more challenges to the severity of sentences than applications like Pell's to have convictions overturned.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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