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Cardinal George Pell sits in the back seat of a car as he leaves prison in Geelong, Australia Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Pope Francis' former finance minister Pell had been the most senior Catholic found guilty of sexually abusing children and has spent 13 months in high-security prisons before seven High Court judges unanimously dismissed his convictions. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)

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Australian cardinal’s abuse conviction nixed

by Rod McGuirk Associated PressApril 7, 2020

In this photo taken early January 2020, and provided Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, a Wollemi pine tree sapling grows on the forest floor in the Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Specialist firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney. (NSW National Parks and Wildfire Service via AP)

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Firefighters in Australia save unique prehistoric trees

by Rod McGuirk Associated PressJanuary 16, 2020

In this Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, photo, Cardinal George Pell gets on a car as he leaves the County Court in Melbourne, Australia. The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass, dealing a new blow to the Catholic hierarchy's credibility after a year of global revelations of abuse and cover-up. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

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Cardinal convicted of child sex abuse

by Rod McGuirk Associated PressFebruary 25, 2019

Britain's Prince Harry, right, reacts as Meghan, right, Duchess of Sussex holds a toy kangaroo given by Australia's Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove, center, in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. (Phil Noble/Pool Photo via AP)

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Royals start Aussie tour with baby gifts

by Kirsty Wigglesworth Associated Press, and Rod McGuirk Associated PressOctober 17, 2018

Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison, second left, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, center, and former Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, right, leave the chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, after a vote to refer former Dutton to the High Court to determine whether he is eligible to be a lawmaker, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. Three senior Cabinet ministers have told Turnbull he has lost his government's support and must hold an internal ballot to elect...

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Australian PM says he could step down soon

by Rod McGuirk Associated PressAugust 23, 2018

Australian Cardinal George Pell arrives at the Magistrates Court in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday.

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Australian cardinal back in court on sex abuse charges

by Rod McGuirk Associated PressMay 1, 2018

Members of parliament, from left, Cathy McGowan, Adam Brandt and Andrew Wilkie celebrate the passing of the Marriage Amendment Bill in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. Gay marriage was endorsed by 62 percent of Australian voters who responded to a government-commissioned postal ballot by last month. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

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Australian prime minister rushes gay marriage into law

by Rod McGuirk Associated PressDecember 7, 2017

Same-sex marriage campaigners and volunteers cheer as they call on politicians to pass marriage equality legislation during rally outside Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017.

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Australian Parliament allows same-sex marriages

by Rod McGuirk Associated PressDecember 7, 2017

Steve Johnson, left, with Daniel Glick, leaves the Glebe Coroners Court after the inquest into the death of his brother Scott Johnson in Sydney, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. A judge has ruled an American's fatal fall off a Sydney cliff nearly three decades ago was a gay hate crime.

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Boston man pursues cold case death of brother

by Rod McGuirk Associated PressNovember 30, 2017

Two men watch a parade from a window as members of the gay community and their supporters celebrate the result of a postal survey calling for gay marriage rights in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Australians supported gay marriage in a postal survey that ensures Parliament will consider legalizing same-sex weddings this year.

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Australians endorse gay marriage, ensuring Parliament bill

by Rod McGuirk Associated PressNovember 15, 2017