The Reckoning
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The Reckoning
Judgement comes to George Pell. David Marr and Melissa Davey on the fall of a cardinal
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10 episodes
The day George Pell walked free – The Reckoning podcast
Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to David Marr and Melissa Davey about the high court decision that quashed George Pell’s child sexual abuse convictions
How George Pell lost his appeal and what happens next – The Reckoning podcast
The cardinal has failed in his attempt to overturn his conviction for child sexual abuse crimes. Why did two judges reject his appeal and why did the...
George Pell's appeal: will the verdict stand? – The Reckoning podcast
Over two days in Melbourne, lawyers put to the Victorian court of appeal arguments about whether George Pell’s convictions should be put aside. David...
Why George Pell was sentenced to six years and what happens next – The Reckoning podcast
In an extraordinary sitting of the county court of Victoria, chief judge Peter Kidd sat and delivered a detailed sentence to George Pell for the five...
David Marr on the extraordinary rise of George Pell – The Reckoning podcast
Now that George Pell has been found guilty of child sexual abuse, we can ask ourselves: what does his story tell us about the Catholic church? The ris...
Inside George Pell’s trial: ‘The room was deathly silent’ – The Reckoning podcast
In 2018 George Pell found himself in a Melbourne courtroom facing five charges of child sexual abuse. The cardinal had hired one of the top defence ba...
The Reckoning, part 3: David Marr on what needs to happen now the work of the child sexual abuse royal commission is over
David Marr and Melissa Davey examine the response to the royal commission’s final report which was made public on 15 December, including the reaction...
The Reckoning, part 2: David Marr on the appalling truth revealed at the child sexual abuse commission
David Marr and Melissa Davey follow the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse – from the hearings in Ballarat in Victori...
The Reckoning part one: the road to the royal commission – podcast | David Marr
At the start of a new series by Guardian Australia, David Marr investigates the background to Australia’s unprecedented royal commission on institutio...
The Reckoning preview - Guardian Australia podcast | David Marr
David Marr explores the unravelling of the child abuse scandal in Australia and across the globe. In a story of ‘faith, power, money and abuse’ he inv...