MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA)
CNN
October 5, 2017
By Lucie Morris-Marr and Ben Westcott, CNN
Dozens of witnesses are expected to give evidence when Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell faces an Australian court again in March on charges of historic sexual assault.
One of the most senior figures in the Vatican, Pell appeared at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court Friday after he was charged by detectives from Victoria Police in June.
He is fighting multiple allegations of historic sexual abuse, although the details of the charges have not been made public.
His barrister Robert Richter QC already told the court in the first hearing in July his client would plead not guilty.
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