Guilty pleas bring abrupt end to George Pell media contempt trial

Some of Australia’s biggest media companies have admitted to breaching a suppression order in publishing details of Cardinal George Pell’s since overturned conviction for child sexual abuse.

Dozens of companies, reporters and editors were charged with contempt and breaching suppression orders over their coverage of the case, which was banned from publication in Australia until February 2019.

A contempt of court trial began in Victoria’s Supreme Court in November…