By Staff Reporter, Catholic Herald - Australian police created a taskforce targeting Cardinal George Pell a year before any formal allegations had been made, a court heard on Wednesday... In a hearing to decide whether the cardinal will stand trial, defence barrister Robert Richter QC said police started the operation in 2013 but failed to find accusers until a year later. When police did identify accusers, they then failed to follow normal procedures in seeking corroboration, he added.