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Australia's top court to hear Cardinal Pell sex abuse appeal

Cardinal given final avenue for appeal against convictions for molesting 2 choirboys

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Vatican Treasurer Cardinal George Pell is surrounded by Australian police as he leaves the Melbourne Magistrates Court in Australia, October 6, 2017.
Vatican Treasurer Cardinal George Pell is surrounded by Australian police as he leaves the Melbourne Magistrates Court in Australia, October 6, 2017.
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Canberra: Disgraced Catholic Cardinal George Pell has been given a final avenue for appeal against his convictions for molesting two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s.

In a brief procedural statement, Justice Michelle Gordon said Australia’s High Court had granted the 78-year-old former Vatican treasurer special leave to appeal his convictions for child abuse.

He is currently serving a six-year sentence.

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