Cardinal Pell Holds ‘No Ill Will’ to Accuser

Cardinal George Pell leaves Barwon Prison in Geelong, Australia, on April 7, 2020. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

After more than a year in prison, Cardinal George Pell has spent his first night as a free man after Australia’s High Court acquitted him of five child sexual abuse offences.

On April 7, the High Court ruled (pdf) that there wasn’t enough evidence for the jury to convict him beyond reasonable doubt in December 2018.