Published: June 05, 2019
Prosecutor says victim was a ‘compelling witness’ and he wouldn’t have been able to describe the sacristy layout if he was lying
The complainant who said Cardinal George Pell sexually abused him when he was a 13-year-old choir boy is a compelling witness and neither a liar or a fantasist, a prosecutor told judges hearing Pell’s appeal against his conviction.
On Thursday morning, the second and final day of Pell’s appeal hearing, crown prosecutor Christopher Boyce said there was no way Pell’s victim would have been able to describe the layout of the priest’s sacristy where Pell abused him if he was fantasising or lying.
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