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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/na...s/news-story/81aff14f4ae3b8773763b14b8a648aac
Supporters of George Pell are planning a safe hideaway for the cardinal should he succeed in having his conviction for child sex abuse overturned on appeal.
Amid fears of a backlash and threats against Pell, his backers are making preliminary arrangements for him to live in a secure compound, possibly in NSW. Friends have also left open the option of him returning at least briefly to live in relative anonymity in Rome, but not in his former capacity as the Vatican treasurer.
But if his appeal fails, Pell is likely to be moved to a country prison that specialises in securing sex offenders and has a high level of personal security.
He is currently being held in solitary confinement in the Melbourne Assessment Prison for 23 hours a day because of the risk to his safety. There are two prisons in western Victoria where he is most likely to go if the appeal fails, both about two hours’ drive west of Melbourne: one at Ararat and the other at Langi Kal Kal.
Supporters of George Pell are planning a safe hideaway for the cardinal should he succeed in having his conviction for child sex abuse overturned on appeal.
Amid fears of a backlash and threats against Pell, his backers are making preliminary arrangements for him to live in a secure compound, possibly in NSW. Friends have also left open the option of him returning at least briefly to live in relative anonymity in Rome, but not in his former capacity as the Vatican treasurer.
But if his appeal fails, Pell is likely to be moved to a country prison that specialises in securing sex offenders and has a high level of personal security.
He is currently being held in solitary confinement in the Melbourne Assessment Prison for 23 hours a day because of the risk to his safety. There are two prisons in western Victoria where he is most likely to go if the appeal fails, both about two hours’ drive west of Melbourne: one at Ararat and the other at Langi Kal Kal.
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