SYDNEY, Australia - Disgraced Australian Catholic cardinal George Pell will not fight for a reduced jail sentence if he fails in his appeal of his conviction for molesting two choirboys in the 1990s, a court spokesman said Monday. Pell will appeal his conviction next month. But the application does not include an appeal of the length of the sentence, Andre Awadalla, a spokesman for the Court of Appeal in Victoria state, told the Associated Press. “The only appeal application filed on the matter is an appeal against conviction,” Awadalla said. Pell’s appeal application is set down for hearing on June 5 and 6, with three judges to first decide whether he should be granted leave to appeal.

Source: thestar May 27, 2019 08:30 UTC