The decision may be an effort to dispel a perception that the Vatican leader received special protection when his trial and guilty verdict were subject to a gag order.
By A. Odysseus Patrick March 12 at 8:16 AM MELBOURNE, Australia — A pivotal moment in the long and torrid history of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church will be broadcast live Wednesday on television: the sentencing of Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Vatican leader convicted of sexually assaulting children.
“The County Court is committed to the principles of open justice,” a court spokesman said in an email. “Chief Judge Peter Kidd’s sentencing remarks in this matter will be broadcast live.” Victims and victims’ advocates expressed disappointment that the integrity of the legal system was being questioned after Pell was found guilty in a unanimous verdict by a 12-member jury overseen by a senior judge.
At the end of the trial, Robert Richter, Pell’s lead attorney, told the judge that the assault was “no more than a plain vanilla sexual penetration case.” Richter was quickly rebuffed by Kidd, the judge, who said there was an “element of brutality” in the assault.“He exploited two vulnerable boys, and there was an element of force,” Kidd said in court. “The way he grabbed the boys’ heads, he [continued] in the face of verbal and physical protest.”
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