The extract appearing here is from George Cardinal Pell's Prison Journal, Volume 1: The Cardinal Makes His Appeal. George Weigel introduced the work to readers of the Catholic Herald in a short essay, which appeared on our website earlier this week. Both the extract and Weigel's essay are featured in the January / February issue of the Catholic Herald.

The Church’s spiritual mission is no excuse for bad management, the cardinal said

Victoria County Court said the employee had accessed restricted information

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They claim there is a 'real and substantial risk' of media coverage prejudicing the trial

Australian authorities have still not made the exact nature and number of the charges public

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