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Cardinal George Pell granted final chance to challenge sexual abuse convictions

Cardinal George Pell granted final chance to challenge sexual abuse convictions
Cardinal George Pell is the most senior Catholic cleric convicted of child abuse crimes [Photo:BBC]

Australia's top court has ruled that Cardinal George Pell will be allowed a final chance to challenge his child sexual abuse convictions.

Pell was granted leave to appeal the verdict in the High Court of Australia.

The ex-Vatican treasurer is currently serving a six-year jail term for abusing two boys in a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s.

He lost his first challenge against his convictions in August and has consistently maintained his innocence.

Pell is the most high-ranking Catholic official in the world to be convicted of child sexual abuse.

Last December, a jury unanimously found him guilty of sexually abusing two 13-year-old boys in St Patrick's Cathedral, when he was the city's archbishop.

Pell unsuccessfully challenged the verdict in Victoria's Court of Appeal in August, when a panel of three judges ruled against him 2-1.

[Source: BBC]

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