The High Court has granted Pell leave to appeal his convictions, and allowed that appeal. Read the full summary judgment in our live blog
Broadly, there are four outcomes that could come from today's hearing.
If the court grants Cardinal Pell leave to appeal his convictions, but then dismisses his appeal itself, he similarly remains in prison and must serve his sentence.But if he is granted leave to appeal, and that leave is judged to be successful, his convictions would be quashed and he would be released from prison a free man.
The High Court will today rule on his appeal against those convictions but, because of the changed world delivered by the deadly coronavirus, the High Court will pass its judgment on Cardinal Pell's appeal against child-sex convictions to a near-empty courtroom.
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