EDITOR'S NOTE: The High Court overturned Cardinal George Pell's conviction for historic child sex offences in a judgment handed down April 7, 2020. In a unanimous decision all seven High Court judges found Victoria's Court of Appeal should not have upheld Pell's conviction It found the evidence could not support a guilty verdict.

George Pell’s legal team has been denied access to the medical records of a one-time prisoner who has alleged that the cardinal committed sexual offences against him.

In the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday, magistrate Belinda Wallington ruled that prisoners had the same rights as other people who had made allegations against Cardinal Pell, and that their medical records should not be passed on to defence lawyers.

George Pell was not in court on Wednesday.

‘‘The records are confidential for all other purposes,’’ Ms Wallington said.