Cardinal George Pell Conviction Unanimously Overturned by High Court

Cardinal George Pell Conviction Unanimously Overturned by High Court
Cardinal George Pell leaves Barwon Prison in Victoria, Australia, on April 7, 2020. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
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Australia’s highest court on Tuesday acquitted former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell of sexually assaulting two teenaged choirboys in the 1990s, freeing the 78-year-old cardinal after 404 days in jail.

The High Court ordered Pell’s convictions be quashed and verdicts of acquittal be entered in their place, ending the most high profile case of alleged historical sex abuse to rock the Roman Catholic Church.