Australia's High Court has agreed to consider an appeal against Cardinal George Pell's conviction on five counts of child sex abuse
The decision handed down Wednesday in the Australian capital, Canberra, is the former Vatican treasurer's last chance to overturn his conviction and six-year sentence.The appeal is expected to be heard by a panel of Australia's most senior judges sometime after March next year.A former close adviser to Pope Francis, Pell was found guilty in a unanimous jury verdict last December of five charges of assaulting two 13-year-old choirboys in the mid-1990s.'use strict';CNN.Videx=CNN.
'Sins of the Cardinal & His Church' full documentary 24:16He is the most senior Vatican official to be convicted of child sex abuse.Read MoreThe first of two separate attacks for which he was convicted occurred after Sunday mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne, where Pell was archbishop and a revered figure within the Catholic Church. The second came a month later and involved a fleeting moment in a corridor when Pell grabbed the victim's genitals.
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