EDITOR'S NOTE: The High Court overturned Cardinal George Pell's conviction for historical child sex offences in a judgment handed down April 7, 2020. In a unanimous decision all seven High Court judges found Victoria's Court of Appeal should not have upheld Pell's conviction It found the evidence could not support a guilty verdict.

The father of one of the choirboys abused by George Pell joined victim groups in calling his jail term "inadequate" as various church, school and community groups reeled from the sentence which was televised and watched live around the country.