Australia’s High Court agrees to hear former Cardinal Pell’s appeal

Australia’s High Court has agreed to hear former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell’s final appeal to overturn his conviction for sexually assaulting two teenage choirboys.

The appeal has been referred to a full bench of five or seven judges, with the hearing on the appeal expected in March 2020 at the earliest, a court spokesman said.

Once the Vatican’s third-ranking official, Pell was jailed this year for sexually assaulting two 13-year-old choirboys at a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s.

Via RTE

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