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76-year-old Cardinal George Pell entered a plea of not guilty at Melbourne magistrates court on Wednesday in the first hearing of the case of multiple historical sexual abuse offences against him. Media, protesters and some supporters crowded outside the courthouse, with many waving different signs decrying sexual abuse allegedly committed by Catholic clergy. The magistrate ordered the prosecution serve a brief of evidence by September 8, 2017 and Pell to return ot the court for a committal mention on October 6.
Cardinal George Pell arrives at an Australian court. The third-ranking official in the Vatican, has been found guilty of child sex crimes in Australia, becoming the most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted for child sexual abuse. IMAGES
Mass is held at Melbourne's cathedral after Cardinal George Pell died in Rome aged 81, Pell was convicted and later cleared of sexual abuse in Australia. Pell died of complications related to a hip surgery he had undergone in a Rome hospital on Tuesday, according to the Vatican's official news website. IMAGES
5-year-old Austin Birdseye loved to sing. He particularly enjoyed singing in the car--at the top of his lungs. But no more. Sunday night, his mother's boyfriend pushed Austin out of his car onto a dark, rainy, and busy highway, allegedly for being 'unruly.' Two miles from his home, Austin was struck by a vehicle and pronounced dead at the hospital. According to Newser, the mother's longtime boyfriend is soldier Bryan Starr, who is stationed at Georgia's Fort Benning. Starr has been charged with reckless murder.
Newser reports the charges against disgraced Hollywood mogul and sex offender Harvey Weinstein continue to pile up. Los Angeles Country prosecutors say Weinstein was charged Friday with the rape of two more women. The district attorney's office says the charges include three counts of rape and three counts of forcible oral copulation involving the two women. Tallied up, Weinstein is now charged with 11 felony counts in Los Angeles County, involving five women. The 68-year-old is serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York on convictions for rape and sexual assault against two women.
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