MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA), AUGUST 21 - An Australian court today confirmed the condemnation of the Catholic Church's highest prelate to be convicted of sexual abuse of children, Cardinal George Pell.
The Court of Appeal of the State of Victoria, with a majority ruling of 2-1, rejected the appeal filed by Pell against the unanimous verdict issued by a jury in December for which the ex Finance Minister of Pope Francis guilty of harassing two 13-year-old choristers in St. Patrick's Cathedral between 1996 and 1997.
The cardinal's lawyers should now present a new appeal to the High Court, the final judgment body of Australia.