By A. Odysseus Patrick and Rick Noack Rick Noack Foreign affairs reporter focusing on Australia, New Zealand and international security Email Bio Follow February 26 at 2:04 PM SYDNEY — Australian Cardinal George Pell next faces a sentencing hearing for sexual assault even as details of the case spill out more than two months after he was convicted of abusing two choirboys 22 years ago.
Australia and Britain are among only a few countries where judges also are able to suppress reporting by issuing gag orders. Those who breach suppression orders in Australia can face serious punishments. But as more readers consume news online, gag orders have become far less effective, as international media outlets may be able to circumvent the restrictions. Critics also argue that rumors about trials, including misinformation, can spread on social media within seconds.
Hang him already.
Last night on ABC 7.30Report Leigh Sales asked Jesuit priest, FrFrankBrennan ,what he would say to lay Catholics who might be feeling betrayed, let down, rattled. He replied: Well absolutely and it's been devastating for all of us. Including people like myself. 1/
This is like chapter 5000 of the same book. I’m tied of reading the same story.
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