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MSN ✒ A trial began on Monday alleging dozens of journalists, editors and media companies breached an Australia-wide court suppression order in reporting on ex-Vatican treasurer George Pell's child sex abuse conviction in 2018.

Breaches of suppression orders can be punished with up to five years jail and fines of nearly A$100,000 for individuals and nearly A$500,000 for companies.

Pell was convicted in December 2018 of abusing two choirboys but reporting on the trial and the conviction was gagged by the County Court of Victoria to ensure the cardinal received a fair trial on further charges he was due to face.

Overseas publications, including the Washington Post and Daily Beast, reported the news shortly after the verdict. Some of them geoblocked access to Australia, but others did not.

After that, some Australian media published articles saying they were unable to report major news regarding an unnamed high profile figure, flagging that the news was accessible online.

The suppression order was only lifted in February 2019, after the second trial was dropped. Pell's conviction was overturned earlier this year after he served over a year in jail.

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Australian Media Face Trial Over Cardinal Pell's Child Sex Abuse Case Reporting

MSN ✒ A trial began on Monday alleging dozens of journalists, editors and media companies breached an Australia-wide court suppression order in reporting on ex-Vatican treasurer George Pell's child sex abuse conviction in 2018.

Breaches of suppression orders can be punished with up to five years jail and fines of nearly A$100,000 for individuals and nearly A$500,000 for companies.

Pell was convicted in December 2018 of abusing two choirboys but reporting on the trial and the conviction was gagged by the County Court of Victoria to ensure the cardinal received a fair trial on further charges he was due to face.

Overseas publications, including the Washington Post and Daily Beast, reported the news shortly after the verdict. Some of them geoblocked access to Australia, but others did not.

After that, some Australian media published articles saying they were unable to report major news regarding an unnamed high profile figure, flagging that the news was accessible online.

The suppression order was only lifted in February 2019, after the second trial was dropped. Pell's conviction was overturned earlier this year after he served over a year in jail.

Continue reading @ MSN.
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1 comment:

  1. Steve R4:01 PM, November 14, 2020

    Let History show that lawyers argued on legal technicalities for Pell and that a Jury of his peers was convinced of his guilt enough to convict him after many weeks of cross examination.

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