Asia | Judges v jury
An Australian court overturns a cardinal’s conviction for sexual abuse
George Pell, once the Vatican’s main financial manager, was accused of molesting two choirboys
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Editors note (Jan 11th 2023): George Pell has died in Vatican City at the age of 81. This article, from 2020, explains why his conviction for sexual abuse was overturned
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Judges v jury”
Asia April 11th 2020
- Not even Singapore has been able to avoid a lockdown
- Uzbekistan is reforming its judicial system—up to a point
- With the world distracted, China intimidates Taiwan
- Japanese women rebel against painful dress codes
- An Australian court overturns a cardinal’s conviction for sexual abuse
- South Korea presses on with an election
- The eternal, fanciful allure of the South Pacific
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