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.

St Mary's Cathedral authorities will keep a plaque of Cardinal George Pell celebrating his time as a Sydney archbishop despite his child abuse conviction.

The display currently sits beneath the church's famous stairs and honours past archbishops.

A spokesperson for the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney said the church has "no reason" to remove the plaque while the court dealt with an appeal process.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney refused to comment on whether a burial site would still be saved for Pell inside St Mary's crypt as planned.