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| George Pell ‘didn’t Have Time to Abuse Boys’, High Court Hears
By Olivia Caisley and John Ferguson
The Australian
March 11, 2020
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George Pell’s habit of talking to parishioners on the front steps of St Patrick’s Cathedral for at least 10 minutes after solemn mass and the alleged improbability of his sexual assault of two boys are the defining factors in his High Court appeal.
On Wednesday his silk, Bret Walker SC, outlined what he claimed was a series of problems with the Victorian Court of Appeal’s majority judgment, arguing that Pell’s convictions were wrong.
Amid doubts over the Court of Appeal’s use of video evidence while reviewing the convictions, Mr Walker said the cardinal would spend between 10 and 20 minutes on the steps greeting parishioners after mass — effectively providing him with an alibi.
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