the former head of the catholic church in hong kong is appearing in court. 9 year old cardinal josephson is one of 6 prominent democracy activists charged with failing to register a fund. it was used to pay the legal fees of demonstrators in the $21900.00 protests. jessica washington re forth from hong kong. long life spent 6 months in hong kong prison for taking part in an unauthorized demonstration in 2014. it was their hong kong 90 year old former bishop cardinal joseph, then came to meet him and all the inmate horrify. i've auto her. it took him at least 3 hours to travel that which is so physically demanding for an elderly person . i'm so grateful that he came all that way just to visit us. now the cardinal is on his mind once again as he faces a challenge of his own, he and 5 co defendants are accused of failing to register a fund to support those arrested during the 2019 protests. they've pleaded not guilty. the prosecution says the font raised more than $34400000.00 and was used for political activities and non charity events. but the defense argues the right to form an associati