George Pell contempt case: charges over media that allegedly breached suppression orders will go to trial

More than 20 publications and 19 journalists face trial for allegedly breaching suppression orders when Cardinal Pell was initially convicted

Contempt of court charges against the media amid allegations they breached a suppression order after Cardinal George Pell was found guilty of child sexual assault will go to trial in November.

Pell was acquitted of all charges by the high court on appeal last month. At an administrative hearing at the supreme court in Melbourne on Tuesday, the court heard that there are 21 separate publications, six corporate groups and 19 individual journalists involved in the contempt of court case.

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