George Pell: Court quashes cardinal's sexual abuse convictions
Australia's highest court has overturned Cardinal George Pell's convictions for child sexual abuse.In 2018, a jury found he abused two boys in Melbourne in the 1990s.
But the High Court of Australia quashed that verdict on Tuesday, meaning the cardinal will immediately stop serving a six-year jail sentence.
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