Australian court told some Pell charges will be dropped

Monday, March 26th, 2018

The Australian court has been told some of the alleged historical sexual offence charges against Cardinal George Pell will be dropped.

Prosecutor Mark Gibson told the court last Friday one of Pell’s accusers is medically unfit to give evidence, so the charges cannot proceed. No other details were given.

Another charge against Pell was dropped at the beginning of the hearing because the accuser had died. Read more

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