The full bench will decide on a date to be fixed whether Australia’s most senior Catholic cleric was wrongly convicted of sexually assaulting two choir boys.
Prosecutors concede that a senior church figure's testimony could raise a reasonable doubt about whether the former archbishop sexually assaulted two choirboys.
The case of George Pell,now before Australia’s highest court,has returned to the problem that has plagued this extraordinary legal saga in the five years since a former choirboy first told his story to police.
As High Court prepares to hear the case of George Pell,his legal team has drawn its attention to the greatest doubt that still lingers over his conviction.
The High Court will hear disgraced Cardinal George Pell's final appeal against his historic child sex convictions in Canberra next month.
More contempt of court charges against journalists and news organisations have been dropped over reporting of Cardinal George Pell's sex abuse convictions.
Disgraced Cardinal George Pell has reportedly been moved from his central Melbourne prison to a high-security facility in regional Victoria after a drone was flown over the jail.
Tens of thousands of people tuned into an online broadcast of Cardinal George Pell's bid to appeal against his convictions for child sex abuse.
George Pell's case has fascinated the world. But is it"legally interesting"? That's what the High Court will deliberate on.
Disgraced Cardinal George Pell will remain isolated in his Melbourne prison cell for months before learning whether the full bench of the High Court will consider his bid for freedom.
The High Court's decision to consider George Pell’s case for an appeal against his convictions for child sexual abuse holds out the chance of a final act to a long drama.