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Emily Woods

SHOCKING: High court rejects catholic church abuse challenge - You Need To See This

Cardinal Pell maintained his innocence over the sexual abuse allegations until his death. (Rick Rycroft/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's highest court has rejected the Catholic Church's bid to avoid paying damages to the father of a choirboy allegedly sexually abused by Cardinal George Pell.

The father, who cannot be named, claims he suffered nervous shock after learning of allegations that the cardinal sexually abused his now-deceased son in the mid-1990s.

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