George Pell leaves court today in handcuffs. Photo: AAP/James Ross

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George Pell looks to High Court as his appeal is rejected

Cardinal George Pell has lost his appeal and will remain in jail after his bid to quash his shock conviction for sexually abusing two choirboys was rejected today.

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Media outlets face court in George Pell contempt case

Contempt allegations against some of Australia’s top editors and journalists over their coverage of Cardinal George Pell’s child sexual abuse convictions has been labelled “as serious as it gets”.

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No decision yet on where to imprison George Pell

The jail where convicted child sex offender George Pell will serve out his six-year sentence is yet to be decided.

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George Pell sentenced to six years in prison for child abuse

George Pell, Australia’s most senior Catholic, has been sentenced to six years jail for sexually abusing two choirboys while he was the Archbishop of Melbourne in the late 1990s.

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Man to sue Pell over alleged 1970s sex abuse

A man who says he was molested by George Pell when he was a boy in the 1970s will file a lawsuit against the disgraced cardinal in the Supreme Court in Melbourne, the Herald Sun reports.