Updated: Australian High Court set to hear ex-Vatican treasurer’s sex offences appeal
Last updated 8:45pmMelbourne, AustraliaReuters Catholic Cardinal George Pell will have one last chance to overturn his conviction for sexually assaulting two teenaged choirboys after the Australian High Court on Wednesday agreed to hear the former Vatican treasurer’s appeal. Pell, 78, the most senior Catholic official worldwide to be jailed for child sex offences, is […]
Australian prosecutors argue no grounds for ex-Vatican treasurer’s final sex crimes appeal
MelbourneReuters Prosecutors have urged Australia’s High Court to refuse to hear a final appeal by former Vatican treasurer George Pell against his convictions for sexually abusing two 13-year-old boys in the late 1990s. In opposing arguments put by Pell’s lawyers to Australia’s highest court, prosecutors said there was no error in the approach taken by […]
ESSAY: ISRAEL FOLAU, CODES OF CONDUCT AND AUSTRALIA’S MARRIAGE AMENDMENT ACT
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at the connections between the Israel Folau case, employment codes of conduct and the 2017 Marriage Act amendment…
Breaking: High Court of Australia ruling clears way for voluntary postal survey on same-sex marriage
The High Court of Australia has dismissed two challenges to the upcoming voluntary postal survey on legalising same-sex marriage. Ballots for the non-binding survey, which have already been printed, will be sent out from next week and must be returned by 6pm on 7th November. The result is set to be announced at 11.30am on […]