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21/08/2019 GMT

An Australian cardinal has failed to overturn his conviction for sexually abusing two choirboys in the 1990s

BBC World Service - Newsday, An Australian cardinal has failed to overturn his conviction for sexually abusing two choirboys in the 1990s

Cardinal Pell is the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of sexual abuse

Cardinal Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of sexual abuse, will complete a six-year sentence.

Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of sexual abuse, has failed in a legal bid to quash his convictions in Australia; US President Donald Trump has cancelled a state visit to Denmark after the nation's prime minister said Greenland was not for sale to the US; and the British prime minister, Boris Johnson, will meet the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, in Berlin later today - as he tries to persuade the EU to agree to fundamental changes to the Brexit withdrawal agreement.

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