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1.45am GMT
The other 13 year-old boy who was abused by Pell died in 2014 of a heroin overdose. He never spoke about the abuse.
His father was in the court room today, and spoke afterwards of his grief. He said he wanted to give the complainant, identified only as ‘J’ and who brought Pell to justice, “a hug”.
1.37am GMT
A statement from the Labor leader Bill Shorten:
My thoughts today are with all those Australians for whom this case reawakens old trauma and all those Australians still mourning someone stolen by the pain of child abuse.
We can never underestimate the courage and resilience it takes for a survivor of child abuse to seek justice.
Source: George Pell sentenced to six years in prison for child sexual assault – live
