George Pell's conviction for child sex offences is one of biggest court decisions in Australia in recent years, and it's likely to have some major ramifications around the world.
Evidence of the abuse came from just one of the choirboys. The other victim died in 2014 and never made a complaint to his family or police. Pell's surviving victim can't be identified and his evidence was given in a closed court. But parts of his testimony were read out by the prosecutor and Pell's defence barrister during their closing arguments to the jury.
It was off-limits to the choirboys, who had slipped away from the choir procession at the end of mass. The former choirboy gave evidence Pell had planted himself in the doorway and said something like"what are you doing here?" or"you're in trouble". "There was this moment where we all just froze and then he undid his trousers or his belt, like he started moving underneath his robes," the victim said.
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