Abuse conviction - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 30 May 2019 11:39:44 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Abuse conviction - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pell won't appeal child abuse sentence if conviction stands https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/05/30/pell-child-abuse-conviction/ Thu, 30 May 2019 07:53:12 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=118076 Disgraced Cardinal George Pell won't seek a reduced sentence if the Court of Appeal upholds his conviction for sexually abusing two Melbourne choirboys in the 1990s. Pell has been behind bars since February and is due to return to court next week to fight his conviction. But he won't be adding an appeal against the Read more

Pell won't appeal child abuse sentence if conviction stands... Read more]]> Disgraced Cardinal George Pell won't seek a reduced sentence if the Court of Appeal upholds his conviction for sexually abusing two Melbourne choirboys in the 1990s.

Pell has been behind bars since February and is due to return to court next week to fight his conviction.

But he won't be adding an appeal against the six-year prison sentence handed down by County Court Chief Judge Peter Kidd in March. Read more

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