A Melbourne man has been charged with allegedly making threats against George Pell, as the disgraced cardinal's High Court bid for freedom continues.
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The 49-year-old Brunswick man was charged on Wednesday with allegedly making a bomb threat and making three threats to kill Pell.
Documents obtained by AAP confirm Ballarat-born Pell, 78, was the target.
The man is accused of making one of the threats directly to Pell on March 2.
Two other charges allege the man made the threats against Pell to another person, who works alongside Pell's specialist appeals barrister Bret Walker SC.
The man is also accused of knowingly spreading false information about an explosive device in Victoria on the same day.
Pell's legal team are currently in Canberra fighting for him to be granted a final appeal against his convictions for sexually abusing two 13-year-old choirboys at St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne in the 1990s.
Mr Walker completed his arguments in Pell's case on Wednesday. Victoria's Director of Public Prosecutions Kerri Judd QC began presenting her case on Thursday.
The Brunswick man was bailed to appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court on July 9.
-AAP
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