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.
George Pell faces being jailed, defrocked and stripped of any honours as his conviction on child sex abuse charges triggers an unprecedented crisis for the Vatican, Pope Francis and the Australian Catholic community.
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