On Tuesday, the High Court of Australia unanimously granted Cardinal George Pell leave to appeal to the High Court and then proceeded to quash a number of convictions against him for child sexual abuse.
The basis of their ruling was that a jury, acting rationally, ought to have entertained reasonable doubt as to Pell’s guilt in relation to the offences involved in both alleged incidents.
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