The Reckoning

The Reckoning episodes:

• 04.08.2020

  The day George Pell walked free – The Reckoning podcast

  Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to David Marr and Melissa Davey about the high court decision that quashed George Pell’s child sexual abuse convictions

  
• 08.22.2019

  How George Pell lost his appeal and what happens next – The Reckoning podcast

  The cardinal has failed in his attempt to overturn his conviction for child sexual abuse crimes. Why did two judges reject his appeal and why did the third judge disagree? David Marr and Melissa Davey discuss the case and consider...

  
• 06.07.2019

  George Pell's appeal: will the verdict stand? – The Reckoning podcast

  Over two days in Melbourne, lawyers put to the Victorian court of appeal arguments about whether George Pell’s convictions should be put aside. David Marr and Melissa Davey highlight the most interesting discussions from the court and ask some key...

  
• 03.14.2019

  Why George Pell was sentenced to six years and what happens next – The Reckoning podcast

  In an extraordinary sitting of the county court of Victoria, chief judge Peter Kidd sat and delivered a detailed sentence to George Pell for the five counts of child sexual abuse he had been found guilty of. Melissa Davey tells...

  
• 03.02.2019

  David Marr on the extraordinary rise of George Pell – The Reckoning podcast

  Now that George Pell has been found guilty of child sexual abuse, we can ask ourselves: what does his story tell us about the Catholic church? The rise of Pell, from a country diocese in Australia to the highest ranks...

  
• 02.26.2019

  Inside George Pell’s trial: ‘The room was deathly silent’ – The Reckoning podcast

  In 2018 George Pell found himself in a Melbourne courtroom facing five charges of child sexual abuse. The cardinal had hired one of the top defence barristers in the state, who argued that what Pell was accused of was completely...

  
• 12.20.2017

  The Reckoning, part 3: David Marr on what needs to happen now the work of the child sexual abuse royal commission is over

  David Marr and Melissa Davey examine the response to the royal commission’s final report which was made public on 15 December, including the reaction from senior figures in the Catholic church. The story includes powerful testimony about the long-term impact...

  
• 12.15.2017

  The Reckoning, part 2: David Marr on the appalling truth revealed at the child sexual abuse commission

  David Marr and Melissa Davey follow the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse – from the hearings in Ballarat in Victoria, ground zero of Australia’s abuse scandal, to a powerful final gathering in Sydney. The story includes...

  
• 12.11.2017

  The Reckoning part one: the road to the royal commission – podcast | David Marr

  At the start of a new series by Guardian Australia, David Marr investigates the background to Australia’s unprecedented royal commission on institutional responses to child sexual abuse – investigating a centuries-long story of faith, money, power and abuse. Marr traces...

  
• 12.08.2017

  The Reckoning preview - Guardian Australia podcast | David Marr

  David Marr explores the unravelling of the child abuse scandal in Australia and across the globe. In a story of ‘faith, power, money and abuse’ he investigates the work of the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse,...