His lawyers and the Victoria State public prosecutors agreed to split the charges against him into two trials: one relating to alleged sexual offenses committed at the cathedral in Melbourne (the first trial known as "the cathedral trial") and the other for abuse said to have been committed in Ballarat, reportedly at a swimming pool (known as "the swimmers trial"). Yesterday's verdict comes from the first trial. That trial began in September but the jury could not reach a verdict, and so a new trial began in