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George Pell convictions quashed on appeal to High Court

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Today, the High Court has allowed former Cardinal George Pell’s appeal against his convictions.

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THE FACTS

In December 2018, controversial Catholic Church Cardinal George Pell was convicted by a jury of one count of sexual penetration of a child under the age of 16 and four counts of an indecent act with a child under the age of 16 over allegations of abusing choirboys at Melbourne’s St Patrick’s Cathedral in the 1990s. This followed a previous trial that had resulted in a hung jury.
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