Australian Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican's third-highest ranking official, was convicted of sexual assault by a Victoria court on December 11, 2018.
But Australian media aren't reporting on the trial or its outcome. Despite Pell's mammoth status in the Catholic church and as a public figure, his trial has been held in secret, following a Victorian County Court suppression order that applies Australia-wide. It was imposed after the court accepted that knowledge of the accused's identity in the first trial might prejudice a further trial being held in March.
https://globalvoices.org/2018/12/20/in-cardinal-george-pells-sexual-assault-trial-australian-court-fails-to-suppress-the-nations-worst-kept-secret/
https://globalvoices.org/2018/12/20/in-cardinal-george-pells-sexual-assault-trial-australian-court-fails-to-suppress-the-nations-worst-kept-secret/
