Cardinal Pearl leave prison this afternoon
Red Archbishop George Pell was released from prison in the afternoon after 405 days in prison after being overturned by the Federal Supreme Court of Australia on two counts sexual invasion children.
A unanimous decision of the Full Court of the Supreme Court less than a month after intense debate in the Supreme Court between the lawer, of Pell, the third man in charge of finance in the former Holy See, and the Public Prosecutor of Virginia.
The chief judge, Keifel (Susan Kiefel), had only three journalist. in the 16-seat gallery when the ruling was read by the court of the Supreme Court in Brisbane, which was almost empty because of the social distance requirement
The 78-year-old was convicted by a jury in a district court in virginia in 2018 of rape a choir boy and obscene another boy at st patrick`s church (St Patrick's Cathedral) during his 1990s archbishop in melbourne, judge sentenced him to six years` imprisonment, which caused a huge domestic and foreign sensation.
He has since asserted that the innocent Peel appealed to the Virginia Court of Appeal, which was rejected by a two-to-one decision of three large judge of the Joint Chamber. He appealed to the Federal Supreme Court for a judicial review and was accepted by the Grand judge.
The Full Court of the Supreme Court handed down a final decision today, unanimously ruling his acquittal.
The Cardinal Pearl subsequently leave by car this afternoon at Bawang Prison (Barwon Prison) near the city of Zhilang (Geelong), Virginia.
Shortly after the final decision of the Supreme Court, Pearl issued a statement claiming that he had "no malice towards the plaintiff ".
"No malice towards the plaintiff"
"I have remained innocent while suffering from serious injustices ," the statement said. Today, the unanimous decision of the High Court has corrected the problem. I would like to read the judgment and the reasons for it. "
"I have no malice towards the plaintiff, and I do not want my acquittal to aggravate the suffering and suffering of so many people. Of course there is enough pain and pain. "
"But my trial was not a referendum on Catholicism; nor was there a referendum on how the Australian Catholic Church authorities deal with paedophilia in the Church. "
"The point is whether I have committed these terrible crimes, and I have not. "
Per claims that the Supreme Court`s decision corrected "serious injustice" against him.
According to the ruling of the Supreme Court, the judge "of the Vänder Court of Appeal failed to resolve the question of whether there was a reasonable possibility of not committing a crime ".
The Full Court of the Supreme Court found that the testimony of other witnesses "did not correspond to the plaintiff`s statement" and described how the then-Melbourne Archbishop, Pair, had greeted and talked to the parishioners on the steps of the cathedral for 15 minutes after mass.
Still facing civil claims
Following the Supreme Court`s decision, the State Police issued a statement stating that it respected the decision and would continue to support the plaintiffs in the case.
A ruling by the supreme court ended a five-year criminal case against the adviser to the Pope, who became the highest-ranking Catholic cleric convicted by a jury sexual invasion child crime.
Whether or not the Supreme Court rejected the sexual invasion children`s verdict against Archbishop Pearl, however, a number of civil claims against him would be initiated, including accusation he sexual invasion been convicted, or accusation he did not prevent and conceal the sexual invasion of other clergy during his time as Archbishop of Melbourne.
The father of one of the two boys who had been convicted of sexual invasion crime has vowed to prosecute the catholic church and the archbishop of red pel for damages. The boy`s father claimed that his son was severely traumatized after his childhood sexual invasion, resulting in a deterioration in his life and excessive take drugs death. take drugs ,2014 years.
