Cardinal Pell to walk free from Australian jail after winning appeal


PTI | Brisbane | Updated: 07-04-2020 05:59 IST | Created: 07-04-2020 05:59 IST
Cardinal Pell to walk free from Australian jail after winning appeal
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Cardinal George Pell will walk free from jail after winning a long-running battle to overturn his child sex abuse convictions in Australia's High Court on Tuesday

The 78-year-old was acquitted on all five counts of sexually abusing two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s, when the court overturned earlier decisions of a jury and lower appeals court

The verdict is a major victory for Pell, who had steadfastly maintained his innocence.

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