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The Reckoning

Judgement comes to George Pell. David Marr and Melissa Davey on the fall of a cardinal

  • Cardinal George Pell leaves HM Prison Barwon, in  Victoria on 7 April 2020 after his conviction on five counts of child sexual abuse was overturned by Australia's high court.

    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
  • A court sketch of Cardinal George Pell

    How George Pell lost his appeal and what happens next – The Reckoning podcast

    Why did two judges reject his plea and why did the third judge disagree? David Marr and Melissa Davey discuss the case
  • George Pell leaves the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 06 June 2019. Pell is appealing his conviction for sexually abusing two boys in the 1990s.  EPA/ERIK ANDERSON  AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

    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 Marr and Melissa Davey highlight the most interesting discussions from the court
  • George Pell being taken into court for sentencing hearings on February 27th 2019.

    Why George Pell was sentenced to six years and what happens next – The Reckoning podcast

    Melissa Davey tells David Marr why Justice Peter Kidd’s sentencing of Cardinal George Pell was a ‘masterclass’ verdict and brings us the personal accounts of those hurt by Pell’s crimes.
  • George Pell rose to the highest ranks of the Vatican before he was found guilty of child sexual abuse

    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?
  • Cardinal George Pell illustration

    Inside George Pell’s trial: ‘The room was deathly silent’ – The Reckoning podcast

    Melissa Davey sat in on the trial and tells David Marr the details only someone who was in the courtroom would know
  • The Reckoning's final episode

    The Reckoning, part 3: David Marr on what next now the work of the child sexual abuse commission is over – podcast

    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 from senior figures within the Catholic church. The story includes powerful testimony about the long-term impact of abuse from a man who suffered severe sexual and physical assault in a Christian Brothers school, John Hennessey. Warning: some of the material in this podcast is explicit and upsetting
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    The Reckoning, part 2: David Marr on the appalling truth revealed at the child sexual abuse commission

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    Survivors' stories from the child abuse royal commission – interactive

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    The Reckoning, part 1: David Marr on the road to the child sexual abuse commission – podcast

    At the start of a new series by Guardian Australia, David Marr investigates a centuries-long story of faith, money, power and abuse
  • David Marr on the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse

    The Reckoning preview - Guardian Australia podcast

    David Marr explores the unravelling of the child abuse scandal in Australia and across the globe