AUSTRALIA
Australian Associated Press via 7 News
April 16, 2020
By Karen Sweeney
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett has been blasted for his “inappropriate” comments about judges after Cardinal George Pell’s High Court acquittal.
Mr Kennett called for the resignation of Victorian Chief Justice Anne Ferguson and Court of Appeal President Chris Maxwell after their decision on Cardinal Pell’s earlier appeal was overturned.
A jury convicted the cardinal on five child sexual abuse charges in December 2018 and the judges ruled the verdict should stand after a two-day appeal hearing last August.
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