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koala2008 发表于 2019-3-1 13:08 
你说得这个有出处吗?
如果有多人都指控主教,那就容易实锤
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pell
2002 allegation
In June 2002, Pell was accused by a Melbourne man of having sexually abused a 12-year-old boy at a Catholic youth camp in 1961, whilst he was a yIoung seminarian. Pell denied the accusations and stood aside while the inquiry continued.[171] The complainant agreed to pursue his allegations through the church's own process for dealing with allegations of sexual misconduct, the National Committee for Professional Standards. Retired Victorian Supreme Court Justice Alec Southwell, appointed Commissioner by the church to investigate the matter, found that the complainant, despite his long criminal record, had mostly given the impression of "speaking honestly from actual recollection" but concluded as follows: "bearing in mind the forensic difficulties of the defence occasioned by the very long delay, some valid criticism of the complainant's credibility, the lack of corroborative evidence and the sworn denial of the respondent, I find I am not 'satisfied that the complaint has been established'".[172][173] Pell said he had been exonerated, while the complainant's solicitor said his client had been vindicated.[173]
Victoria Police investigations
In March 2013, Victoria Police launched "Operation Tethering", to investigate whether Pell had committed unreported crimes.[174] On 20 February 2016, the Herald Sun newspaper reported that Pell had been under investigation for the past year by detectives from the Victoria Police SANO Taskforce over sexual abuse allegations involving between five and ten boys that occurred between 1978 and 2001 when he was a priest in Ballarat and when archbishop of Melbourne.[175] His office issued a public statement denying the allegations calling them "utterly false" and asked for an inquiry into the leaking of information by Victoria Police officers to the media.[175] Victoria Police remained silent on whether Pell was being investigated.[175] The SANO Taskforce was established in 2012 to investigate allegations arising from the Victorian Government Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and other Organisations and the subsequent Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.[175][176]
On 28 July 2016, the Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police, Graham Ashton, confirmed that there was an investigation into alleged child sexual abuse by Pell following a report by the ABC's 7.30 program the previous day and stated that he was awaiting advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).[177][178][179] On 17 August 2016, Victoria Police confirmed a response had been received from the DPP, but would not disclose the DPP's recommendations.[180]
In October 2016, three Victoria Police officers from the SANO Task Force flew to Rome to interview Pell, who voluntarily participated, regarding allegations of sexual assault.[181] In February 2017, Victoria Police advised that the brief of evidence against Pell for sexual assault allegations had been returned to the Office of Public Prosecutions for review with advice subsequently provided to Victoria Police in May 2017.[182][183]
Criminal charges and conviction
On 29 June 2017, Victoria Police charged Pell with sexual assault offences with several counts and several victims.[10] At a press conference, Pell stated that he would return to Australia and that "I'm looking forward, finally, to having my day in court" and "I'm innocent of those charges. They are false".[21][184] On 26 July 2017, whilst not required to attend in person, he appeared at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court for a filing hearing represented by barrister Robert Richter and, although not required at this stage of the court committal process, he entered a plea of not guilty.[185][186] An application by the media seeking the public disclosure of the details of the charges was refused by the magistrate.[185]
At a procedural hearing on 22 November 2017, Pell's lawyers requested documents from ABC News journalist Louise Milligan and Melbourne University Press relating to a book named Cardinal: the Rise and Fall of George Pell which was published in early 2017.[187]
In January 2018, a man who had accused Pell of sexual abuse died after a long illness. Former chief Victorian magistrate Nicholas Papas said that the man's death would affect the structure of Pell's court case, and stated that in a case of historical sexual abuse it can "seriously affect the case" due to a lack of witnesses.[188] That charge was withdrawn on the Friday before the committal hearing was due to begin.[189] Pell's lawyers requested and were denied the personal medical information of the complainants.[190] Pell's defence was reported to be based on questioning the timing of allegations.[191] Some other charges were dropped after a complainant was ruled medically unfit to give evidence.[192]
The committal hearing to determine whether there was enough evidence to commit him to stand trial commenced on 5 March 2018.[193][194] The committal hearing allowed for approximately fifty witnesses to give evidence, including former choirboys.[195][193] The magistrate allowed Pell's barrister to cross-examine all but five witnesses.[193] As a result, the hearing was scheduled to allow for four weeks of testimony and cross-examination.[196] Pell's barrister said the matter would go to trial and that some of the allegations, those involving St Patrick's Cathedral, were impossible.[195][194][197]
On 1 May 2018, Pell was committed to stand trial on several historical sexual offence charges. Magistrate Belinda Wallington concluded that there was enough evidence for the case to proceed on about half of the charges. Allegations that Pell committed sexual assault in a Ballarat cinema during the screening of a film was among the charges dismissed.[198] Pell entered pleas of not guilty to the remaining charges.[22][199] As a bail condition, Pell surrendered his Vatican passport and is not permitted to leave Australia.[200][201] |
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