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Australia's most prominent Catholic figure Cardinal George Pell has lost his appeal against his conviction over historical sexual offences Chief Justice and Ferguson read out the judgment part of Cardinal pearls case on the appeal was that there were thirteen solid obstacles in the path of a conviction justice Maxwell and I have rejected all thirteen byway example one of the thirteen obstacles was said to be that the acts alleged to have been committed by Cardinal Pell in the first incident were physically impossible the defense relied on categorical statements by Monsignor patellae the prefect of ceremonies to Cardinal Pell and by mr. Potter the sacristy that it was not possible to pull the Cardinals robes to the side the robes were an exhibit at the trial and had been available to the jury in the jury room during their deliberation having taken the advantage of the opportunity to feel the weight of the robes and assess their maneuverability as garments justice maxvill and I decided t