MELBOURNE
AAP (Australian Associated Press)
October 6, 2017
A four-week hearing in March will determine if Cardinal George Pell stands trial over historical sexual offence allegations involving multiple complainants.
As many as 50 witnesses will give evidence during a hearing that will determine if Cardinal George Pell stands trial on historical sexual offence charges.
The highest-ranking Catholic official to be charged with sexual abuse has appeared in court for the second time, again for a brief administrative hearing in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.
The case will return to the same court for a four-week committal hearing beginning on March 5.
A magistrate will then decide if Pell stands trial in the Victorian County Court over the charges involving multiple complainants.
The defence will argue some of the allegations, those involving Melbourne’s St Patrick’s Cathedral, could never have happened.
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