MELBOURNE, Australia—An Australian court has begun hearing arguments seeking to quash the conviction of Cardinal George Pell for the sexual abuse of two young choir boys inside the cathedral that was the center of his diocese in the late 1990s. The appeal is being heard by three judges in the Supreme Court of Victoria, the southern state where the 77-year-old cleric first served as a priest and later was Archbishop of Melbourne.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 05, 2019 05:03 UTC