St Mary's Cathedral authorities will keep a plaque of Cardinal George Pell celebrating his time as a Sydney archbishop despite his child abuse conviction.
A spokesperson for the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney said the church has "no reason" to remove the plaque while the court dealt with an appeal process.
"There's a lot of prayers being said at the moment and being offered," he said. "The church, I believe, is going through a strong process of renewal and examining what's going on, so we can all together as a church move forward from this." Her partner Harrison Bishop, who was visiting the church with her from Newcastle, also believed the timing was not right.
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