At a servo on the road to Sydney, Pell says he’s ‘very pleased’ to be free

AUSTRALIA
The Age

April 8, 2020

By Rachel Eddie, Chip Le Grand and Paul Sakkal

Cardinal George Pell has arrived at a seminary in Sydney after he was freed from jail following the High Court’s decision to quash his convictions for child-sex offences.

The 78-year-old spent his first night of freedom at the Carmelite Monastery in Kew, in Melbourne, which survivor advocates decorated in ribbons and childrens’ toys overnight.

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