AUSTRALIA
The Saturday Paper
April 11-17, 2020
By Rick Morton
While the High Court this week quashed the cardinal’s conviction for child sexual abuse, there remain several fronts on which the legal battle may continue.
Cardinal George Pell left Victoria’s Barwon prison a free man on Tuesday, but there was no great crescendo at the end of the long and bitter legal fight, just a moment of startling grace from the man who accused him of assault.
“I respect the decision of the High Court. I accept the outcome,” read the statement from Witness J, issued at 12.20am on Wednesday.
“… I would like to reassure child sexual abuse survivors that most people recognise the truth when they hear it.
“They know the truth when they look it in the face. I am content with that.”
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