George Pell: Court quashes cardinal's sexual abuse conviction
Australia's High Court unanimously quashed Cardinal George Pell's conviction for sexually abusing two choirboys, freeing him after more than 400 days in jail.
7 April 2020
High Court of Australia
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Pell the suppliant
As the High Court refers George Pell's special leave application to a full bench, Jeremy Gans recalls the court's 1922 refusal to hear Colin Ross, hanged for a murder he was posthumously pardoned of.
19 November 2019