​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.

As Cardinal George Pell walked out of a Melbourne court on Tuesday morning, he was accosted by angry members of the public. "You're a monster. May you rot in hell," one shouted.