Disgraced Cardinal George Pell will take his case to Australia's High Court in a final attempt to overturn his conviction on five charges of child sexual assault
The High Court of Australia confirmed Tuesday that an application has been filed by Pell's legal team to seek leave to appeal his conviction. The move follows a failed bid to have the cardinal's conviction quashed in the appeals court, leaving the High Court as the only means of clearing his name and avoiding a six-year prison sentence.
Vatican treasurer guilty of child sex abuse 03:39Appeal rejected Pell's legal team immediately appealed his conviction on the basis that there were 13 "solid obstacles" to a guilty verdict. It was"not possible," they argued, for Pell to have been left alone to carry out the attack in the priest's sacristy of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne.
'Sins of the Cardinal & His Church' full documentary 24:16It was possible for the jury to have convicted Pell beyond reasonable doubt, they said. However, one judge, Justice Mark Weinberg, said he thought the witness"was inclined to embellish aspects of his account," which undermined his trust in the whole account. "There is, to my mind, a 'significant possibility' that the applicant in this case may not have committed these offences.
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