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.

A series of "compounding improbabilities" meant the conviction of Cardinal George Pell of historical child sexual abuse charges fell short of the threshold of being beyond a reasonable doubt, the senior cleric's lawyers have told the High Court.