World will be watching as George Pell sentence handed down live on television, radio and news websites tomorrow
People across the world will watch on Wednesday as George Pell is sentenced following his conviction for attacks on two choirboys in the 1990s, in all probability becoming the world's most senior Catholic official formally jailed for child sexual abuse.
According to Sentencing Advisory Council statistics from 2011 to 2016, 53 per cent of people guilty of sexual penetration of a child under 16 in Victoria are jailed, while prison terms were imposed on 77 per cent of those guilty of committing an indecent act.More than 60 per cent of those sent to prison for sexual penetration are jailed for between two and four years, while 80 per cent of those jailed for indecent act offences are sentenced to terms of less than two years.
The County Court's largest court room will be filled with abuse survivors and advocates, Pell's supporters and media. One of the boys Pell abused, now a man in his 30s, did not attend the cardinal's pre-sentence hearing. The other victim died in 2014 from an accidental heroin overdose. His father attended Pell's last hearing.
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