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Advertisement A news website and a Sydney radio station failed to get legal advice before publishing reports that breached a suppression order about George Pell’s sex abuse conviction, a court has heard. Fourteen news outlets, including The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, have admitted to a combined 21 charges of contempt of court for breaching a suppression order over reports published or broadcast in December 2018, in the days after Cardinal Pell was found guilty. Cardinal George Pell. Credit:AP The cardinal last year had his convictions quashed and was released from prison follow...

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian media companies apologised in court on Wednesday for breaching a suppression order on reporting a child sex assault conviction, since overturned, of former Vatican treasurer George Pell in 2018. FILE PHOTO - Vatican Treasurer Cardinal George Pell is surrounded by Australian police as he leaves the Melbourne Magistrates Court in Australia, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Dadswell A dozen Australian media outlets pled guilty for breaching the gag order in a deal with the state, which has dropped all other charges against the companie...

February 1, 2021 06:33:02 pm Twelve Australian media companies pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court of Victoria Monday to contempt of court for breaching a gag order imposed by the County Court of Victoria preventing Cardinal George Pell from being named in the country as a convicted child sex offender until February of 2019. The guilty pleas are part of a plea deal ending the trial. The media companies charged included The Herald and Weekly Times, News Life Media, Queensland Newspapers, Nationwide News, Advertiser Newspapers, Fairfax Media Publications, Mamamia, Allure Media, General Televisi...

Guilty pleas bring abrupt end to George Pell media contempt trial Posted MonMonday 1 updated MonMonday 1 FebFebruary 2021 at 1:25pm Cardinal Pell's child sex abuse convictions were overturned by the High Court and he has returned to Rome. ( Print text only Cancel Some of Australia's biggest media companies have admitted to breaching a suppression order in publishing details of Cardinal George Pell's since overturned conviction for child sexual abuse. Key points: The media companies included News Corp, Nine, former Fairfax publications, Mamamia and Radio 2GB The stories that breached the sup...

Share on Twitter Media companies face uncapped penalties after admitting they breached suppression orders in publishing details of Cardinal George Pell's since-overturned convictions for child sexual abuse. Dozens of companies, reporters and editors were charged with contempt and breaching suppression orders over their coverage of the conviction, which was banned from publication in Australia until February 2019. Cardinal Pell's five convictions have since been overturned by the High Court and he has returned to Rome. A contempt of court trial has been underway in Victoria's Supre...