I am happy for Pell and for the Catholic Church, and content with the Aust High Court decision and the 7/7 verdict of innocence. What I am particularly enjoyin' is the rantin' of the deluded anti-Christ. God bless their sweet lil' hearts.
Hey up, Duarua Tolu, so am I. The Anti - Christs would soon sexually assault a child and blame it on The Catholic Church. Read its Satanist Bible, which advocates no feelings toward a child.
Finally Justice has been served. This was a wich hunt by Media, Australian Police, Public Prosecutors and Those who are against Catholic Church. God has released an innocent man from injustice. Cardinal spent 404 days in prison for sins of his accusers. He spent vast amount of money to defend and clear his name. Will he be compensated for the amount he spent? Moreover, his dignity and reputation has been tarnished by accusers. May God give him the strength and courage to continue his holly and good work.
the ABC are crying into their lattes tonight......their campaign against Pell and the Catholic church went down in flames....and Im over the moon about that :)
Catholic church is riddled with pedophiles, what rock are you living under? One wonders what side you are on, children defiled by these grubs, or some other less noble cause.
@@KG84C riddled? How would you know that? Because the left wing media tells you so?.....typical tactic too, you stand for proper justice (not trial by media) and somehow you 'stand for pedos' and are against children.....how noble of you
@@peterbluesman and I suppose you have proof,?where the high court voted 7-0 in his favour...not even close..I mean it wasn't 6-1 or 5-2 with shades of doubt
...and I recall this all starting with Pell only being guilty of perhaps covering up crimes and abuse decades ago...or turning a blind eye...that didnt work for those against him...so they went the next step and then started accusing him directly of abuse...you could it progress step by step...
Well yes you do. If a jury finds you guilty and your conviction is quashed you need to prove you arent guilty still. If a cop didnt read him his rights or a juror looked him up online he could get it thrown out. Doesnt mean he isnt a convicted pedo whose charges were thrown out due to a tainted trial.
jannaZX When I heard the earlier conviction, I was thinking how moronic is Australia not following the presumption of innocence and blatant pandering to the mob and media. I was thinking has AU degenerated to this level? Good thing they overturned the case. The evidence was flimsy only a kangaroo court to have held it up. Good thing AU still has some sense into it. Mob rule is never good and in the court - it is always proving beyond reasonable doubt - regardless being the man innocent or not. It is a safety net not to convict the innocent and a hallmark of western culture. Good job AU. Now if you can get of the climate change mob mentality as well and instead focus investing in modern garbage disposal instead of the nonsense recycling but just shipping the trash overseas - that would be the best.
@@jimijamesjowitt No, the highest court in the land has found him not guilty and thrown out all charges. He is therefore innocent of all charges that were brought before him. He is therefore not a convicted paedo
In these days of identity politics, Cardinal Pell must necessary be called the Victim and the accuser must be the abuser. I am not a Catholic nor am I religious but I was always uneasy with the previous two verdicts in the Cases against Pell...
I Left the Catholic religion because of the pedophilia that happens and as happen,how can you trust a religion that does this.May God have mercy on their souls.I believe in God not religion.
Proof that he is innocent, not guilty means that the burden of proof was not met. Al Capone was never found guilty of murder or bootlegging it doesn't mean he never committed those acts.
Will the ABC apologize for the way they treated the Cardinal? I don't think they will but they will gather together to pay themselves on their backs. But when the day comes, they will understand how and why the deceased man went back on his false accusations against the Cardinal where he informed his mother that he was never molested ever in his life and this was before his last breath. Like madame Milligan who brought the false accusations against the Cardinal will also feel the same remorse and will either die in her guilt for what she's done or with a particular grace from God she will feel remorseful but for how long... That's the scary thought. May God have mercy on her. She doesn't deserve salvation. Non of us but by praying for her and for each other we will God willing make it to heaven. Deo Gracias et Mariae semper... Cardinal Pell is free. He was never guilty of anything that he was accused of. Thank God justice has prevailed. My prayers also go out to those vulnerable and always.
From what I read, an implausible accusation with evidence to discredit it. People took their anger against the church and focussed it on a single person.
Archbishop Pell was released from prison for his alleged paedophilia not on a "technicality"but because the judges looked at the evidence and concluded that there was none, - it was a total hatchet job. Not only was there just no evidence, but the archbishop could easily prove he didn't do it - but that didn't matter. the ABC etc. had already crucified him with their reporting, calling the accuser the "victim" and not bothering to report about any massive inconsistencies - the initial jury were already tainted. If any fair person actually bothered to study the case, they would clearly conclude that it wasn't even possible for him to have done what he was accused of. On the day in question, as a matter of regular ceremony, there was somebody with him at all times, an eye witness testified that it never happened. One of the accusers later admitted it was all BS - this was ignored. Pell was in the back room, actually a busy area, for 5 minutes only, and with somebody, an adult - then about 6 minutes after service he was at the front of the cathederal. Based on the accuser's own testimony the route he took to that room would have taken him all of 5 minutes to walk after the service, so ignoring the fact that there were contrary witnesses, ignoring the fact that one of the accusers said it was all lies, ignoring the fact the room was a highly frequented place and a most unlikely spot for such a thing to happen, ignoring the fact that there was zero evidence, the archbishop would have had about 60 seconds to rape 2 boys - really?? Anybody that thinks he's guilty either hasn't looked at the facts, or simply has a hatred of Catholics. Don't believe the crappy biased media especially the ABC. The fact is, the guy was against gay marriage, abortion etc., so the PC Victorian police and the ABC just threw him to the lions without a fair trial. This isn't just my opinion - 7 of Australia's highest judges came to the same opinion. Now the ABC, after having devoted many hours of hatchet job coverage on this matter in the past, isn't even reporting it.
Yes ...... the high court is upholding the law 'Beyond reasonable doubt' ..... you do not throw someone in goal if there is the slightest doubt. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but opinion is not enough to convict .... that is the role of the courts
Jury's mindset these days: People outside the court protesting seem genuinely upset with him and social media reckons he did it, he must be guilty. We dont understand you need to weigh up the actual evidence the court presented and not fill in the holes of the prosecutions case.
Thank god truth and justice has prevailed let us hope this results in a Royal Commission of VicPol as by god they need it as for the appeal court judges of the Victorian supreme court they should consider their positions
We have forgotten about the reason for statutes of limitation. Testimony is famously unreliable because memory isn unreliable. Years ago I attended a class reunion. I went to talk to a classmate about an incident in which we were both involved and she looked at me blankly. It turned out I had totally confused her in my mind with someone else. Yet I would have sworn on a sack of Bibles that I had remembered the event correctly at which I was stone coldsober. I think.
The facts are the facts. And the High Court made it's 100% unanimous decision based on the facts, the story of the complainants were flawed and just don't stack up. I am so so happy for Cardinal Pell, those who chose to pursue this matter by ignoring or effectively dismissing the relevant facts ought now be accountable (including financially) for ruining this man's career and to this man. And BTW, everyone, and particularly the media, should have respect for this man of high status by refraining from referring to him as 'Pell', instead showing respect and use the term 'Cardinal Pell' - he has earned and deserves such respect. Glad to see at least this has been done here.
Not quilty doesn't mean he is innocent, just that the burden of proof was not there. His reputation is in tatters and he has seen the inside of a prison. Priests have to learn like the rest of us never to be in the same room with somebody's wife or children.
This is very balanced editorial, well done. Barrie Cassidy is a disgrace in my view; I’d always respected him but not now. He showed an irrational inability to accept the umpire’s decision. For the love of Mike Barrie, if you don’t base your opinions of a person’s guilt or otherwise on evidence, what other criteria can you possibly use?
As the wheel of persecution was slowly spinning across Australia seeking primarily to villify the messenger of God in such an uncaring, unguarded, uncouth and nauseating manner, I recalled the ordeal of St Stephen in the Bible, stoned for no wrong done. In a far flung enclave somewhere, I could not help but silently pray fervently for the messenger of the Lord. His Eminence, George Cardinal Pell carried himself with so much philosophical calm I have never seen before. We live in a world, especially in a developed society as Australia, where the agnostics, atheists and apostates of hell have found big voices and weaponized their entrenched presence in media powerhouses to fan the most vicious, destructive and hate-filled embers of crucifixion of persons they don't agree with, much to the applause of spineless and wimpy politicians, government bureaucrats, police, judges et al who are addicted to political correctness than their own conscience. A shameless media powerhouse as ABC not only hid itself behind these perpetrators of jungle justice but aided and abetted them willy nilly. For the woman who needed so much traction in her quest for supremacy in persecution as will write a book titled "CARDINAL', I will pray she goes home and sin no more. The sage has it that "man proposes, God disposes" and it could not be truer than in what we see today. If the sinful media pundits will regain their conscience and reflect deeply on the injustice done to this great apostle of Christ, they should reflect on one thing - the rule of law - and that is what this is all about, unless in the case of Cardinal Pell, they don't believe in it. The wheel of persecution sought to enfeeble every atom of truth from the outset, probably on account of some vengeful orientation against the faithful but it has come to a halt where the accusers should bury their heads in shame.
I would like to know if money changed hands somewhere in the coordination of this setup. The story was constructed in a way where it was formed so well that the strike was made so hard Pell will find it hard to come back from this.
I first trial found Pell not-guilty. It was set aside apparently because it was not unanimous. Yet the appeal court was 2-1, thus also not unanimous but this verdict upheld. Yet guilt must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
I'm not in the least bit religious and indeed being from Ireland I'm well aware of the scandals of the RCC and and those scumbags who committed those heinous crimes against children and the hierarchy who covered it up will be forever tainted for their actions and everyone who has been involved in such disgusting crimes can burn in hell as far as I'm concerned but falsely accusing an innocent man and dragging his name through the mud is also scumbag behaviour and those who falsely accused him should face serious consequences for their actions of the damage to his name and indeed to his mental health this terrible ordeal has caused him.
One could hope that out of this: 1) The Victorian DP department LEARNS what IS evidence that could lead to a conviction and thereby not waste taxpayer's money in staging trials that have a probability of a not guilty verdict (it the Trial Judge is capable of giving proper instruction to Jurors on "beyond reasonable doubt" ) or unsafe verdicts; 2) The Trial Judge be counselled on the need to give proper instruction to Jurors on "beyond reasonable doubt"; 3) Victoria makes sure that at least two Judges if not three forming an appeals panel have a depth of experience in the branch of law underpinning the cause of appeal. In other words, an appeal on a criminal conviction should have 3 Judges with extensive experience in Criminal Law; and 4) Appeal Judges should only read written transcripts of a case (which are unemotional) and NOT view videos or hear audio of evidence.
I like how most of the peoples arguments against John Pell is just blindly calling him a ‘pedo’ even though it was just disproved that he didn’t do it. I just find it funny that people argue against good people even though they’ve done nothing to offend them...
Yarwun, what an ignorant statement. Just go through Catholic Church history how it changes it's practices overtime. If you have some religious studies the perspectives of its teaching is much more modern than Christian Evangelicals that still take the Bible literal. Of course if you check its followers - many would be idiotic - they havent gone into college studying the Church's position. But Catholic doctrine when when studied in a master/Phd level is very pragmatic on the positions of faith. It just takes time to educate the laymen. Now compare Catholic to other non-Christian religion.
Yarwun , oh misinterpret me. I never cared about Pell. I only knew about him because of the media. What I care about is classic Western culture - a culture that is far differ from let us say China - where people care about the ideals of presumption of innocence, equality of opportunity, sanctity of human life, scientific method, etc. Pell's case was a mob kangaroo court - all emotion. It was like the judges were heavily pressured by the media they have forgone simple logic of assessing the evidence - just to placate the mob. Australia is becoming a mob rule of the leftist with its focus on cancel culture, intersectionality, patriarchy, violence and elevating victimhood - which is why we have cases let say in the US - Jessie Smolette, covington kids, aziz ansari, etc. I hope AU in a whole does not follow the leftist US. At least with the high court decision it looks like it is still with hope.
@@earlnoli Actually it was you that misinterpreted me when you took what i wrote literally. The Catholic is dying because it won't stop covering up for peadophilia.
Yarwun it is not my fault when you write things in generalized fallacious ignorant manner and then complain when people are not mind readers. And who in the Catholic church want to cover paedophilia? Maybe a few evil people - I bet other religions have their share too? If you have your Catholic understanding - the church is the people - not just the priest? Like most people - almost everyone rejects paedophilia. So does the few represent the majority? I bet you other religions have practices that are popular that are outrageous and immoral under Western standards - like killing for religion. The only reason the catholic are not complaining with this obvious mistreatment is because the penance and guilt is there in the past because of a few bad apple leaders - which quite frankly is outrageous if you compare the bad leaders of other religions/ideology. For one the communist dont seem to cower in shame of the millions of deaths and blood in their hands for the quest of equity. Leftist not only are violent they have no sense of shame for their past as well as the future they want to have.
Benefit of the doubt is a great Aussie value, would be great if the rest of us could get a slice. This simplest explanation is usually the most reasonable and rather than all this trial by media guff, perhaps the church had something on the judges..that makes way more sense to me.
to all you non believers....hey you lost 3-0!! 😂😂...innocent!! get over it....the world is changing and waking up to your pc bs!! well done to pell and his lawyers..the truth has finally prevailed and so has common sense!! god bless you all. 👊❤⛪⛪⛪⛪
@@bud6675 just look at the sensationalism of 7, 9, and 2 in regard to Covid 19 ( ConJob19) Utter rubbish, garbage gutter "journalistm" from them as usual.
@@bud6675 it also comes across as not only hypocritical that the *public broadcaster* has blocked comments on it's official RUclips channel but they're a tax payer funded entity that is somehow allowed to collect ad revenue too
Ninety percent of people in prison were convicted just like this guy. why don’t you defend them also? Or just don’t care unless it is a big name person?
Please don't try too hard to appear impartial, lest you wreck Sky's reputation. Pell, and his fellow abusers should rot. Just imagine being one of his victims: how would they feel? This subject makes me sick!
Spot on report. Trial by media and community consensus happened with the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain in 1980. Almost everyone held a resolute claim that the baby was murdered by her mother. Very few held the view that a dingo took the baby. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. I did think it unlikely a mother on holiday with her whole family would kill her daughter. I held a view that it was conceivable a dingo took the baby. Whenever I voiced that possibility, I was shot down in flames - most people were outright hostile towards me for voicing that. I learned quite quickly that I had to watch the circus and shut up. Ultimately, Azaria's parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. That was a day I woke up. My faith in the justice system evaporated. On 29 October 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was convicted. On 7 February 1986 she was released from prison. That day restored by belief in the justice system. The same 1980's hysteria that applied to Mrs Chamberlain, trial by media and community consensus, was liberally applied to the treatment of Cardinal George Pell - before, and during his trial. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. Whenever I voiced that possibility he was innocent, most people were outright hostile towards me. When Mrs Chamberlain was convicted, it seemed there were tens of thousands of people jumping with joy, and most in the media were smiling. The exact same thing happened when Cardinal George Pell was convicted on 11 December 2018 - joy in the streets and on TV. Ultimately, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison. On 7 April 2020, he was released after all 7 members of The High Court of Australia decided to quash his conviction. That day restored my belief in the justice system. To those who disagree with The High Court's decision, its like watching another bunch of circus clowns. I'm left wondering when I'll get to see the next trial by media and community consensus. When will the next circus come to town?
The Pope gave up his title of Vicar of Christ. So does he still remain Pope? He clearly no longer represents Christ by his own choice. Media not interested in that and no crowing from the Godless.
Nothing this pope does surprises me anymore. Since forever there was a refusal to elect a Jesuit, because the Society always seemed more interested in politics than other priests.
Free and safe behind an image of credulity. Save the image at any cost. We can all huddle behide it. Don't worry about all the pedos behide the curtain.
Happy good friday in peace for all the priests in the world today is good friday jesus die for all of us in the worlds amen no mather is right or wrong jesus is all our saviour all the worlds is all belong to jesus father in heaven we all God's children this is all political force distancings pandemic action why is on jesus day goodfriday to arrest the pries in austrilia...??????? Respect christ die for our human sins after 3 day the priest will release by the name of jesus christ amen
We all know that the Catholic church has a lot of pull and that he had friends in very high places, so who knows why he was found not guilty. Certainly the plaintiff was genuine in his coming forward, out of the respect for his dead friend who could not put what happened to him behind, and his personal testimony does seem plausible in such a crime. What could have been the other reasons could this person come forward for, and why target Pell. So there it is. It's no surprise to me that he was like that as these two report shows the church is full of disgusting men in powerful positions. @ and @
Catholic Church should reform and let there be a liberal wing of the church, allow married priests. Let couples teach about love , marriage etc. If you don’t want to go to that church go to another. I realise I am describing Protestants in a way! But reform would be positive in honesty the church has little to lose and does nothing new other than change the prayers wordings to confuse me!
Nick Thorp if you are not happy with the Catholic Church leave and make your own church the Catholic Church follows the teachings of Christ only until he comes again
Tony Saad The Roman Catholic church follows nobody except protection of its vile clergy. The 'coming of Christ' well....don't hold your breath, instead ask your local priest when would be a convenient moment to sexually molest any of your children. He will give you a time frame that suits except you must not be around at the time so grip your rosary beads, say a prayer and hope the serial predators in your church will all go away, unfortunately they won't! Sounds like reality, something that most of you don't know the meaning of!
Spot on report. Trial by media and community consensus happened with the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain in 1980. Almost everyone held a resolute claim that the baby was murdered by her mother. Very few held the view that a dingo took the baby. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. I did think it unlikely a mother on holiday with her whole family would kill her daughter. I held a view that it was conceivable a dingo took the baby. Whenever I voiced that possibility, I was shot down in flames - most people were outright hostile towards me for voicing that. I learned quite quickly that I had to watch the circus and shut up. Ultimately, Azaria's parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. That was a day I woke up. My faith in the justice system evaporated. On 29 October 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was convicted. On 7 February 1986 she was released from prison. That day restored by belief in the justice system. The same 1980's hysteria that applied to Mrs Chamberlain, trial by media and community consensus, was liberally applied to the treatment of Cardinal George Pell - before, and during his trial. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. Whenever I voiced that possibility he was innocent, most people were outright hostile towards me. When Mrs Chamberlain was convicted, it seemed there were tens of thousands of people jumping with joy, and most in the media were smiling. The exact same thing happened when Cardinal George Pell was convicted on 11 December 2018 - joy in the streets and on TV. Ultimately, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison. On 7 April 2020, he was released after all 7 members of The High Court of Australia decided to quash his conviction. That day restored my belief in the justice system. To those who disagree with The High Court's decision, its like watching another bunch of circus clowns. I'm left wondering when I'll get to see the next trial by media and community consensus. When will the next circus come to town?
Spot on report. Trial by media and community consensus happened with the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain in 1980. Almost everyone held a resolute claim that the baby was murdered by her mother. Very few held the view that a dingo took the baby. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. I did think it unlikely a mother on holiday with her whole family would kill her daughter. I held a view that it was conceivable a dingo took the baby. Whenever I voiced that possibility, I was shot down in flames - most people were outright hostile towards me for voicing that. I learned quite quickly that I had to watch the circus and shut up. Ultimately, Azaria's parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. That was a day I woke up. My faith in the justice system evaporated. On 29 October 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was convicted. On 7 February 1986 she was released from prison. That day restored by belief in the justice system. The same 1980's hysteria that applied to Mrs Chamberlain, trial by media and community consensus, was liberally applied to the treatment of Cardinal George Pell - before, and during his trial. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. Whenever I voiced that possibility he was innocent, most people were outright hostile towards me. When Mrs Chamberlain was convicted, it seemed there were tens of thousands of people jumping with joy, and most in the media were smiling. The exact same thing happened when Cardinal George Pell was convicted on 11 December 2018 - joy in the streets and on TV. Ultimately, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison. On 7 April 2020, he was released after all 7 members of The High Court of Australia decided to quash his conviction. That day restored my belief in the justice system. To those who disagree with The High Court's decision, its like watching another bunch of circus clowns. I'm left wondering when I'll get to see the next trial by media and community consensus. When will the next circus come to town?
Spot on report. Trial by media and community consensus happened with the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain in 1980. Almost everyone held a resolute claim that the baby was murdered by her mother. Very few held the view that a dingo took the baby. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. I did think it unlikely a mother on holiday with her whole family would kill her daughter. I held a view that it was conceivable a dingo took the baby. Whenever I voiced that possibility, I was shot down in flames - most people were outright hostile towards me for voicing that. I learned quite quickly that I had to watch the circus and shut up. Ultimately, Azaria's parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. That was a day I woke up. My faith in the justice system evaporated. On 29 October 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was convicted. On 7 February 1986 she was released from prison. That day restored by belief in the justice system. The same 1980's hysteria that applied to Mrs Chamberlain, trial by media and community consensus, was liberally applied to the treatment of Cardinal George Pell - before, and during his trial. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. Whenever I voiced that possibility he was innocent, most people were outright hostile towards me. When Mrs Chamberlain was convicted, it seemed there were tens of thousands of people jumping with joy, and most in the media were smiling. The exact same thing happened when Cardinal George Pell was convicted on 11 December 2018 - joy in the streets and on TV. Ultimately, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison. On 7 April 2020, he was released after all 7 members of The High Court of Australia decided to quash his conviction. That day restored my belief in the justice system. To those who disagree with The High Court's decision, its like watching another bunch of circus clowns. I'm left wondering when I'll get to see the next trial by media and community consensus. When will the next circus come to town?
Spot on report. Trial by media and community consensus happened with the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain in 1980. Almost everyone held a resolute claim that the baby was murdered by her mother. Very few held the view that a dingo took the baby. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. I did think it unlikely a mother on holiday with her whole family would kill her daughter. I held a view that it was conceivable a dingo took the baby. Whenever I voiced that possibility, I was shot down in flames - most people were outright hostile towards me for voicing that. I learned quite quickly that I had to watch the circus and shut up. Ultimately, Azaria's parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. That was a day I woke up. My faith in the justice system evaporated. On 29 October 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was convicted. On 7 February 1986 she was released from prison. That day restored by belief in the justice system. The same 1980's hysteria that applied to Mrs Chamberlain, trial by media and community consensus, was liberally applied to the treatment of Cardinal George Pell - before, and during his trial. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. Whenever I voiced that possibility he was innocent, most people were outright hostile towards me. When Mrs Chamberlain was convicted, it seemed there were tens of thousands of people jumping with joy, and most in the media were smiling. The exact same thing happened when Cardinal George Pell was convicted on 11 December 2018 - joy in the streets and on TV. Ultimately, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison. On 7 April 2020, he was released after all 7 members of The High Court of Australia decided to quash his conviction. That day restored my belief in the justice system. To those who disagree with The High Court's decision, its like watching another bunch of circus clowns. I'm left wondering when I'll get to see the next trial by media and community consensus. When will the next circus come to town?
Spot on report. Trial by media and community consensus happened with the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain in 1980. Almost everyone held a resolute claim that the baby was murdered by her mother. Very few held the view that a dingo took the baby. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. I did think it unlikely a mother on holiday with her whole family would kill her daughter. I held a view that it was conceivable a dingo took the baby. Whenever I voiced that possibility, I was shot down in flames - most people were outright hostile towards me for voicing that. I learned quite quickly that I had to watch the circus and shut up. Ultimately, Azaria's parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. That was a day I woke up. My faith in the justice system evaporated. On 29 October 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was convicted. On 7 February 1986 she was released from prison. That day restored by belief in the justice system. The same 1980's hysteria that applied to Mrs Chamberlain, trial by media and community consensus, was liberally applied to the treatment of Cardinal George Pell - before, and during his trial. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. Whenever I voiced that possibility he was innocent, most people were outright hostile towards me. When Mrs Chamberlain was convicted, it seemed there were tens of thousands of people jumping with joy, and most in the media were smiling. The exact same thing happened when Cardinal George Pell was convicted on 11 December 2018 - joy in the streets and on TV. Ultimately, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison. On 7 April 2020, he was released after all 7 members of The High Court of Australia decided to quash his conviction. That day restored my belief in the justice system. To those who disagree with The High Court's decision, its like watching another bunch of circus clowns. I'm left wondering when I'll get to see the next trial by media and community consensus. When will the next circus come to town?
I am happy for Pell and for the Catholic Church, and content with the Aust High Court decision and the 7/7 verdict of innocence. What I am particularly enjoyin' is the rantin' of the deluded anti-Christ. God bless their sweet lil' hearts.
The Catholic Church should burn. They love hating groups of people, especially the gays.
Deluded, lol. I don't believe in talking donkeys and invisible sky daddies.
Hey up, Duarua Tolu, so am I. The Anti - Christs would soon sexually assault a child and blame it on The Catholic Church. Read its Satanist Bible, which advocates no feelings toward a child.
Finally Justice has been served. This was a wich hunt by Media, Australian Police, Public Prosecutors and Those who are against Catholic Church. God has released an innocent man from injustice. Cardinal spent 404 days in prison for sins of his accusers. He spent vast amount of money to defend and clear his name. Will he be compensated for the amount he spent? Moreover, his dignity and reputation has been tarnished by accusers.
May God give him the strength and courage to continue his holly and good work.
Yea witch hunt, I guess the catholics are pretty familiar with that.
Compensation and apologies must be done
the ABC are crying into their lattes tonight......their campaign against Pell and the Catholic church went down in flames....and Im over the moon about that :)
Me too I cannot express too much how happy I am that Cardinal Pell is free,
Catholic church is riddled with pedophiles, what rock are you living under?
One wonders what side you are on, children defiled by these grubs, or some other less noble cause.
@@KG84C riddled? How would you know that? Because the left wing media tells you so?.....typical tactic too, you stand for proper justice (not trial by media) and somehow you 'stand for pedos' and are against children.....how noble of you
@@peterbluesman and I suppose you have proof,?where the high court voted 7-0 in his favour...not even close..I mean it wasn't 6-1 or 5-2 with shades of doubt
@@fabianpatrizio2865 It's because of the number of convictions, idiot.
People are PRESUMED Innocent, not FOUND innocent. No one in Australia needs to prove they are innocent.
...and I recall this all starting with Pell only being guilty of perhaps covering up crimes and abuse decades ago...or turning a blind eye...that didnt work for those against him...so they went the next step and then started accusing him directly of abuse...you could it progress step by step...
Well yes you do. If a jury finds you guilty and your conviction is quashed you need to prove you arent guilty still.
If a cop didnt read him his rights or a juror looked him up online he could get it thrown out. Doesnt mean he isnt a convicted pedo whose charges were thrown out due to a tainted trial.
jannaZX
When I heard the earlier conviction, I was thinking how moronic is Australia not following the presumption of innocence and blatant pandering to the mob and media. I was thinking has AU degenerated to this level?
Good thing they overturned the case. The evidence was flimsy only a kangaroo court to have held it up. Good thing AU still has some sense into it. Mob rule is never good and in the court - it is always proving beyond reasonable doubt - regardless being the man innocent or not. It is a safety net not to convict the innocent and a hallmark of western culture.
Good job AU. Now if you can get of the climate change mob mentality as well and instead focus investing in modern garbage disposal instead of the nonsense recycling but just shipping the trash overseas - that would be the best.
Lock up your kids id say
@@jimijamesjowitt No, the highest court in the land has found him not guilty and thrown out all charges. He is therefore innocent of all charges that were brought before him. He is therefore not a convicted paedo
In these days of identity politics, Cardinal Pell must necessary be called the Victim and the accuser must be the abuser.
I am not a Catholic nor am I religious but I was always uneasy with the previous two verdicts in the Cases against Pell...
I Left the Catholic religion because of the pedophilia that happens and as happen,how can you trust a religion that does this.May God have mercy on their souls.I believe in God not religion.
If the abuser was sincere in his accusation, he may be mentally ill. Totally confused about time and places of events and of the persons involved,
What about the other churches were the numbers are higher and other institutions.
Neil Legacy Because you focus on priest, not on God.
Thomas Reilly My reply was intended to Niel Legacy
He’s innocent. End of story.
Neil Hedley He's not guilty .
Far from it.
Proof that he is innocent, not guilty means that the burden of proof was not met. Al Capone was never found guilty of murder or bootlegging it doesn't mean he never committed those acts.
Will the ABC apologize for the way they treated the Cardinal? I don't think they will but they will gather together to pay themselves on their backs. But when the day comes, they will understand how and why the deceased man went back on his false accusations against the Cardinal where he informed his mother that he was never molested ever in his life and this was before his last breath. Like madame Milligan who brought the false accusations against the Cardinal will also feel the same remorse and will either die in her guilt for what she's done or with a particular grace from God she will feel remorseful but for how long... That's the scary thought. May God have mercy on her. She doesn't deserve salvation. Non of us but by praying for her and for each other we will God willing make it to heaven.
Deo Gracias et Mariae semper... Cardinal Pell is free. He was never guilty of anything that he was accused of. Thank God justice has prevailed. My prayers also go out to those vulnerable and always.
FANTASTIC NEWS INDEED !!!!
Joel N how about look around you , doctors, dentist and many others who was free even when have enough evidence to put them away
FANTASTIC - imaginative or fanciful; remote from reality, sorry, dictionary terminology Oxfrord Dictionary, words can bite even pedophiles
Lock up your kids
I don’t like the guy but the conviction was nothing more than an accusation without evidence
From what I read, an implausible accusation with evidence to discredit it. People took their anger against the church and focussed it on a single person.
Rebecca Goodwin even more reason the justice system needs a clean out
Archbishop Pell was released from prison for his alleged paedophilia not on a "technicality"but because the judges looked at the evidence and concluded that there was none, - it was a total hatchet job. Not only was there just no evidence, but the archbishop could easily prove he didn't do it - but that didn't matter. the ABC etc. had already crucified him with their reporting, calling the accuser the "victim" and not bothering to report about any massive inconsistencies - the initial jury were already tainted. If any fair person actually bothered to study the case, they would clearly conclude that it wasn't even possible for him to have done what he was accused of. On the day in question, as a matter of regular ceremony, there was somebody with him at all times, an eye witness testified that it never happened. One of the accusers later admitted it was all BS - this was ignored. Pell was in the back room, actually a busy area, for 5 minutes only, and with somebody, an adult - then about 6 minutes after service he was at the front of the cathederal. Based on the accuser's own testimony the route he took to that room would have taken him all of 5 minutes to walk after the service, so ignoring the fact that there were contrary witnesses, ignoring the fact that one of the accusers said it was all lies, ignoring the fact the room was a highly frequented place and a most unlikely spot for such a thing to happen, ignoring the fact that there was zero evidence, the archbishop would have had about 60 seconds to rape 2 boys - really?? Anybody that thinks he's guilty either hasn't looked at the facts, or simply has a hatred of Catholics. Don't believe the crappy biased media especially the ABC. The fact is, the guy was against gay marriage, abortion etc., so the PC Victorian police and the ABC just threw him to the lions without a fair trial. This isn't just my opinion - 7 of Australia's highest judges came to the same opinion. Now the ABC, after having devoted many hours of hatchet job coverage on this matter in the past, isn't even reporting it.
Yes ...... the high court is upholding the law
'Beyond reasonable doubt' ..... you do not throw someone in goal if there is the slightest doubt. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but opinion is not enough to convict .... that is the role of the courts
Thx God for justice 👏👏👏👏👏❤️
ABC Shonky
When prosecutors and judges deny the JURY access to evidence.
Jury's mindset these days: People outside the court protesting seem genuinely upset with him and social media reckons he did it, he must be guilty.
We dont understand you need to weigh up the actual evidence the court presented and not fill in the holes of the prosecutions case.
@Reality Cheque take it to the courts and prove it.
I couldn't agree more & frustratingly anyone who shares a similar opinion to this will never be heard in mainstream media
I am no fan of the Catholic church and even less so of peodofiles but I believe Pell was railroaded.The story just makes no sense.
You and a million others
Thank god truth and justice has prevailed let us hope this results in a Royal Commission of VicPol as by god they need it as for the appeal court judges of the Victorian supreme court they should consider their positions
But why didn't they find this out be4?..all those $$$ ,
This is going to open up a lot of old cases now...
That's it blame it on the jury... humbug..
We have forgotten about the reason for statutes of limitation. Testimony is famously unreliable because memory isn unreliable. Years ago I attended a class reunion. I went to talk to a classmate about an incident in which we were both involved and she looked at me blankly. It turned out I had totally confused her in my mind with someone else. Yet I would have sworn on a sack of Bibles that I had remembered the event correctly at which I was stone coldsober. I think.
well said ,,, justice system in Victoria needs to be reviewed ,,,, and the Premier comments were disgraceful immediately afterwards
Of course this would be the view of a news monopoly that employs Alan Jones.
The facts are the facts. And the High Court made it's 100% unanimous decision based on the facts, the story of the complainants were flawed and just don't stack up. I am so so happy for Cardinal Pell, those who chose to pursue this matter by ignoring or effectively dismissing the relevant facts ought now be accountable (including financially) for ruining this man's career and to this man. And BTW, everyone, and particularly the media, should have respect for this man of high status by refraining from referring to him as 'Pell', instead showing respect and use the term 'Cardinal Pell' - he has earned and deserves such respect. Glad to see at least this has been done here.
Well said.
Not quilty doesn't mean he is innocent, just that the burden of proof was not there. His reputation is in tatters and he has seen the inside of a prison. Priests have to learn like the rest of us never to be in the same room with somebody's wife or children.
Barry Cassidy is a grub
This is very balanced editorial, well done. Barrie Cassidy is a disgrace in my view; I’d always respected him but not now. He showed an irrational inability to accept the umpire’s decision. For the love of Mike Barrie, if you don’t base your opinions of a person’s guilt or otherwise on evidence, what other criteria can you possibly use?
Maybe Pell should proclaim, like St Joh, "I've been found innocent!"
As the wheel of persecution was slowly spinning across Australia seeking primarily to villify the messenger of God in such an uncaring, unguarded, uncouth and nauseating manner, I recalled the ordeal of St Stephen in the Bible, stoned for no wrong done. In a far flung enclave somewhere, I could not help but silently pray fervently for the messenger of the Lord. His Eminence, George Cardinal Pell carried himself with so much philosophical calm I have never seen before. We live in a world, especially in a developed society as Australia, where the agnostics, atheists and apostates of hell have found big voices and weaponized their entrenched presence in media powerhouses to fan the most vicious, destructive and hate-filled embers of crucifixion of persons they don't agree with, much to the applause of spineless and wimpy politicians, government bureaucrats, police, judges et al who are addicted to political correctness than their own conscience. A shameless media powerhouse as ABC not only hid itself behind these perpetrators of jungle justice but aided and abetted them willy nilly. For the woman who needed so much traction in her quest for supremacy in persecution as will write a book titled "CARDINAL', I will pray she goes home and sin no more. The sage has it that "man proposes, God disposes" and it could not be truer than in what we see today. If the sinful media pundits will regain their conscience and reflect deeply on the injustice done to this great apostle of Christ, they should reflect on one thing - the rule of law - and that is what this is all about, unless in the case of Cardinal Pell, they don't believe in it. The wheel of persecution sought to enfeeble every atom of truth from the outset, probably on account of some vengeful orientation against the faithful but it has come to a halt where the accusers should bury their heads in shame.
I would like to know if money changed hands somewhere in the coordination of this setup. The story was constructed in a way where it was formed so well that the strike was made so hard Pell will find it hard to come back from this.
The High Court protecting their mates. No justice here at all.
Trinitarian the High Court is Catholic?
G Pell not guilty the accusers are guilt
what happend to:" it is better to let 100 guilty persons escape than let one innocent person suffer".?
I first trial found Pell not-guilty. It was set aside apparently because it was not unanimous. Yet the appeal court was 2-1, thus also not unanimous but this verdict upheld. Yet guilt must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
I'm not in the least bit religious and indeed being from Ireland I'm well aware of the scandals of the RCC and and those scumbags who committed those heinous crimes against children and the hierarchy who covered it up will be forever tainted for their actions and everyone who has been involved in such disgusting crimes can burn in hell as far as I'm concerned but falsely accusing an innocent man and dragging his name through the mud is also scumbag behaviour and those who falsely accused him should face serious consequences for their actions of the damage to his name and indeed to his mental health this terrible ordeal has caused him.
But this is a common practice among male homosexuals, including many, many in the schools. Buggery in the public schools is historically commonplace.
One could hope that out of this:
1) The Victorian DP department LEARNS what IS evidence that could lead to a conviction and thereby not waste taxpayer's money in staging trials that have a probability of a not guilty verdict (it the Trial Judge is capable of giving proper instruction to Jurors on "beyond reasonable doubt" ) or unsafe verdicts;
2) The Trial Judge be counselled on the need to give proper instruction to Jurors on "beyond reasonable doubt";
3) Victoria makes sure that at least two Judges if not three forming an appeals panel have a depth of experience in the branch of law underpinning the cause of appeal. In other words, an appeal on a criminal conviction should have 3 Judges with extensive experience in Criminal Law; and
4) Appeal Judges should only read written transcripts of a case (which are unemotional) and NOT view videos or hear audio of evidence.
... hear, hear!
Jesus was crucified for no fault of his doing, he still forgave his accusers.
He has withheld info on other abuse . That. makes him one of them . No, we're not all in this together.
Only those who care about justice - it was a lynch mob
Innocent & a great bloke, the uneducated public will now make his life hell!
Pell was the head of the Vatican Bank. He knows some shit.
The head of Goldman Sachs knows real juicy stuff.
@@Irishandtired Does that include Malcolm Turnbull?
@@exeutiy7445 Yes it does. Great Barrier Reef Foundation and walking off with half a Billion dollars.
I like how most of the peoples arguments against John Pell is just blindly calling him a ‘pedo’ even though it was just disproved that he didn’t do it. I just find it funny that people argue against good people even though they’ve done nothing to offend them...
The club of Rome owns the court
Also tried by a jury, and convicted.
Wow, whole lotta calumny goin' on around here.
I'm handling in my conservative card
What a bunch of sick people you are .
The only thing that will never change, is evidence
The Catholic church has proven beyond any doubt it will never change.
Yarwun, what an ignorant statement. Just go through Catholic Church history how it changes it's practices overtime. If you have some religious studies the perspectives of its teaching is much more modern than Christian Evangelicals that still take the Bible literal.
Of course if you check its followers - many would be idiotic - they havent gone into college studying the Church's position. But Catholic doctrine when when studied in a master/Phd level is very pragmatic on the positions of faith. It just takes time to educate the laymen.
Now compare Catholic to other non-Christian religion.
@@earlnoli If Cardinal Pell was a nobody you wouldn't even care about him.
Yarwun , oh misinterpret me. I never cared about Pell. I only knew about him because of the media.
What I care about is classic Western culture - a culture that is far differ from let us say China - where people care about the ideals of presumption of innocence, equality of opportunity, sanctity of human life, scientific method, etc.
Pell's case was a mob kangaroo court - all emotion. It was like the judges were heavily pressured by the media they have forgone simple logic of assessing the evidence - just to placate the mob.
Australia is becoming a mob rule of the leftist with its focus on cancel culture, intersectionality, patriarchy, violence and elevating victimhood - which is why we have cases let say in the US - Jessie Smolette, covington kids, aziz ansari, etc. I hope AU in a whole does not follow the leftist US. At least with the high court decision it looks like it is still with hope.
@@earlnoli Actually it was you that misinterpreted me when you took what i wrote literally. The Catholic is dying because it won't stop covering up for peadophilia.
Yarwun
it is not my fault when you write things in generalized fallacious ignorant manner and then complain when people are not mind readers.
And who in the Catholic church want to cover paedophilia?
Maybe a few evil people - I bet other religions have their share too? If you have your Catholic understanding - the church is the people - not just the priest? Like most people - almost everyone rejects paedophilia. So does the few represent the majority? I bet you other religions have practices that are popular that are outrageous and immoral under Western standards - like killing for religion. The only reason the catholic are not complaining with this obvious mistreatment is because the penance and guilt is there in the past because of a few bad apple leaders - which quite frankly is outrageous if you compare the bad leaders of other religions/ideology. For one the communist dont seem to cower in shame of the millions of deaths and blood in their hands for the quest of equity. Leftist not only are violent they have no sense of shame for their past as well as the future they want to have.
System is being undermined regardless.......
Sorry Kenny stop justifying the mob. This was a witch hunt
No it was the mob that put him jail on such spurious charges it beggers the imagination.Real commie stuff.
Benefit of the doubt is a great Aussie value, would be great if the rest of us could get a slice. This simplest explanation is usually the most reasonable and rather than all this trial by media guff, perhaps the church had something on the judges..that makes way more sense to me.
If you are fishing for a reason to reach a CONCLUSION NOT BASED ON EVIDENCE.
Ha! he said victums this guy is a con.
Jesus christ will free the priest after 3 days amen
to all you non believers....hey you lost 3-0!! 😂😂...innocent!! get over it....the world is changing and waking up to your pc bs!! well done to pell and his lawyers..the truth has finally prevailed and so has common sense!! god bless you all. 👊❤⛪⛪⛪⛪
When you start thinking "Hey, Sky news Australia are actually alright"..
Ooops.
Money is slowly run out of materials but our CREATOR is EVERYWERE.
Let's hope he wasn't asleep when Pell was doing his catholic thing to young boys!
What is "The ABC?"
@ADANALI01 Thank you!
"Thin unprovable grounds?" Do you mean like claims of a god?
You exist as a character in history. If you don’t attribute it to God then it must be evolution, right? But exactly what is that?
“God is being”
Pope Benedict XVl
*The ABC news RUclips channel not only has comments permanently disabled it also runs ads...*
@@bud6675 just look at the sensationalism of 7, 9, and 2 in regard to Covid 19 ( ConJob19) Utter rubbish, garbage gutter "journalistm" from them as usual.
@@bud6675 it also comes across as not only hypocritical that the *public broadcaster* has blocked comments on it's official RUclips channel but they're a tax payer funded entity that is somehow allowed to collect ad revenue too
Ninety percent of people in prison were convicted just like this guy. why don’t you defend them also? Or just don’t care unless it is a big name person?
yeah nah he's guilty
Three court cases, twice proved guilty, third appearance aquitted.
Guilty.
@Obi Wan Kenobi ... LOL.
Please don't try too hard to appear impartial, lest you wreck Sky's reputation. Pell, and his fellow abusers should rot. Just imagine being one of his victims: how would they feel? This subject makes me sick!
And you have incontravertable evidence of the supposed abuse carried out by Cardinal Pell? If so present it.
@@MrGoblin60 ..... Oh you RC's really do *bore me* . So dumb, stupid and ignorant. You would rally behind satan given the opportunity.
@@MrGoblin60 he has no evidence. These idiotic SJW nutcases never have proof, only smear campaigns and baseless allegations.
Spot on report. Trial by media and community consensus happened with the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain in 1980. Almost everyone held a resolute claim that the baby was murdered by her mother. Very few held the view that a dingo took the baby. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. I did think it unlikely a mother on holiday with her whole family would kill her daughter. I held a view that it was conceivable a dingo took the baby. Whenever I voiced that possibility, I was shot down in flames - most people were outright hostile towards me for voicing that. I learned quite quickly that I had to watch the circus and shut up. Ultimately, Azaria's parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. That was a day I woke up. My faith in the justice system evaporated. On 29 October 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was convicted. On 7 February 1986 she was released from prison. That day restored by belief in the justice system.
The same 1980's hysteria that applied to Mrs Chamberlain, trial by media and community consensus, was liberally applied to the treatment of Cardinal George Pell - before, and during his trial. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. Whenever I voiced that possibility he was innocent, most people were outright hostile towards me. When Mrs Chamberlain was convicted, it seemed there were tens of thousands of people jumping with joy, and most in the media were smiling. The exact same thing happened when Cardinal George Pell was convicted on 11 December 2018 - joy in the streets and on TV. Ultimately, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison. On 7 April 2020, he was released after all 7 members of The High Court of Australia decided to quash his conviction. That day restored my belief in the justice system.
To those who disagree with The High Court's decision, its like watching another bunch of circus clowns. I'm left wondering when I'll get to see the next trial by media and community consensus. When will the next circus come to town?
The Pope gave up his title of Vicar of Christ. So does he still remain Pope? He clearly no longer represents Christ by his own choice. Media not interested in that and no crowing from the Godless.
Nothing this pope does surprises me anymore. Since forever there was a refusal to elect a Jesuit, because the Society always seemed more interested in politics than other priests.
We would be better off without these religious characters in those ridiculous clown costumes.
... yes, we can instead go to the sydney mardi gras instead.
@@duaruatolu9248 at least most of those people aren’t claiming to be Gods representative in a clown costume.
Free and safe behind an image of credulity. Save the image at any cost. We can all huddle behide it. Don't worry about all the pedos behide the curtain.
Happy good friday in peace for all the priests in the world today is good friday jesus die for all of us in the worlds amen no mather is right or wrong jesus is all our saviour all the worlds is all belong to jesus father in heaven we all God's children this is all political force distancings pandemic action why is on jesus day goodfriday to arrest the pries in austrilia...??????? Respect christ die for our human sins after 3 day the priest will release by the name of jesus christ amen
We all know that the Catholic church has a lot of pull and that he had friends in very high places, so who knows why he was found not guilty.
Certainly the plaintiff was genuine in his coming forward, out of the respect for his dead friend who could not put what happened to him behind, and his personal testimony does seem plausible in such a crime. What could have been the other reasons could this person come forward for, and why target Pell. So there it is.
It's no surprise to me that he was like that as these two report shows the church is full of disgusting men in powerful positions.
@ and @
I wish you were not a hypocrite and applied the views you espoused in this video to Sun Yang, Mr. Kenny.
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Disgraceful that this evil sick beast does not get what IT deserves. Shameful.
You have no first hand knowledge of what you are talking about you are so completely wrong about the man.You would if you knew be very ashamed.
Very easy for you to judge when you are just watching the news...
Pell will pay for it in Hell
Catholic Church should reform and let there be a liberal wing of the church, allow married priests. Let couples teach about love , marriage etc. If you don’t want to go to that church go to another. I realise I am describing Protestants in a way! But reform would be positive in honesty the church has little to lose and does nothing new other than change the prayers wordings to confuse me!
Nick Thorp if you are not happy with the Catholic Church leave and make your own church the Catholic Church follows the teachings of Christ only until he comes again
Tony Saad The Roman Catholic church follows nobody except protection of its vile clergy. The 'coming of Christ' well....don't hold your breath, instead ask your local priest when would be a convenient moment to sexually molest any of your children. He will give you a time frame that suits except you must not be around at the time so grip your rosary beads, say a prayer and hope the serial predators in your church will all go away, unfortunately they won't! Sounds like reality, something that most of you don't know the meaning of!
Spot on report. Trial by media and community consensus happened with the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain in 1980. Almost everyone held a resolute claim that the baby was murdered by her mother. Very few held the view that a dingo took the baby. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. I did think it unlikely a mother on holiday with her whole family would kill her daughter. I held a view that it was conceivable a dingo took the baby. Whenever I voiced that possibility, I was shot down in flames - most people were outright hostile towards me for voicing that. I learned quite quickly that I had to watch the circus and shut up. Ultimately, Azaria's parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. That was a day I woke up. My faith in the justice system evaporated. On 29 October 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was convicted. On 7 February 1986 she was released from prison. That day restored by belief in the justice system.
The same 1980's hysteria that applied to Mrs Chamberlain, trial by media and community consensus, was liberally applied to the treatment of Cardinal George Pell - before, and during his trial. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. Whenever I voiced that possibility he was innocent, most people were outright hostile towards me. When Mrs Chamberlain was convicted, it seemed there were tens of thousands of people jumping with joy, and most in the media were smiling. The exact same thing happened when Cardinal George Pell was convicted on 11 December 2018 - joy in the streets and on TV. Ultimately, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison. On 7 April 2020, he was released after all 7 members of The High Court of Australia decided to quash his conviction. That day restored my belief in the justice system.
To those who disagree with The High Court's decision, its like watching another bunch of circus clowns. I'm left wondering when I'll get to see the next trial by media and community consensus. When will the next circus come to town?
Spot on report. Trial by media and community consensus happened with the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain in 1980. Almost everyone held a resolute claim that the baby was murdered by her mother. Very few held the view that a dingo took the baby. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. I did think it unlikely a mother on holiday with her whole family would kill her daughter. I held a view that it was conceivable a dingo took the baby. Whenever I voiced that possibility, I was shot down in flames - most people were outright hostile towards me for voicing that. I learned quite quickly that I had to watch the circus and shut up. Ultimately, Azaria's parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. That was a day I woke up. My faith in the justice system evaporated. On 29 October 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was convicted. On 7 February 1986 she was released from prison. That day restored by belief in the justice system.
The same 1980's hysteria that applied to Mrs Chamberlain, trial by media and community consensus, was liberally applied to the treatment of Cardinal George Pell - before, and during his trial. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. Whenever I voiced that possibility he was innocent, most people were outright hostile towards me. When Mrs Chamberlain was convicted, it seemed there were tens of thousands of people jumping with joy, and most in the media were smiling. The exact same thing happened when Cardinal George Pell was convicted on 11 December 2018 - joy in the streets and on TV. Ultimately, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison. On 7 April 2020, he was released after all 7 members of The High Court of Australia decided to quash his conviction. That day restored my belief in the justice system.
To those who disagree with The High Court's decision, its like watching another bunch of circus clowns. I'm left wondering when I'll get to see the next trial by media and community consensus. When will the next circus come to town?
I am happy to hear your point of view, but only once.
Spot on report. Trial by media and community consensus happened with the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain in 1980. Almost everyone held a resolute claim that the baby was murdered by her mother. Very few held the view that a dingo took the baby. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. I did think it unlikely a mother on holiday with her whole family would kill her daughter. I held a view that it was conceivable a dingo took the baby. Whenever I voiced that possibility, I was shot down in flames - most people were outright hostile towards me for voicing that. I learned quite quickly that I had to watch the circus and shut up. Ultimately, Azaria's parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. That was a day I woke up. My faith in the justice system evaporated. On 29 October 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was convicted. On 7 February 1986 she was released from prison. That day restored by belief in the justice system.
The same 1980's hysteria that applied to Mrs Chamberlain, trial by media and community consensus, was liberally applied to the treatment of Cardinal George Pell - before, and during his trial. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. Whenever I voiced that possibility he was innocent, most people were outright hostile towards me. When Mrs Chamberlain was convicted, it seemed there were tens of thousands of people jumping with joy, and most in the media were smiling. The exact same thing happened when Cardinal George Pell was convicted on 11 December 2018 - joy in the streets and on TV. Ultimately, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison. On 7 April 2020, he was released after all 7 members of The High Court of Australia decided to quash his conviction. That day restored my belief in the justice system.
To those who disagree with The High Court's decision, its like watching another bunch of circus clowns. I'm left wondering when I'll get to see the next trial by media and community consensus. When will the next circus come to town?
I am happy to hear your point of view, but only once.
Spot on report. Trial by media and community consensus happened with the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain in 1980. Almost everyone held a resolute claim that the baby was murdered by her mother. Very few held the view that a dingo took the baby. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. I did think it unlikely a mother on holiday with her whole family would kill her daughter. I held a view that it was conceivable a dingo took the baby. Whenever I voiced that possibility, I was shot down in flames - most people were outright hostile towards me for voicing that. I learned quite quickly that I had to watch the circus and shut up. Ultimately, Azaria's parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. That was a day I woke up. My faith in the justice system evaporated. On 29 October 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was convicted. On 7 February 1986 she was released from prison. That day restored by belief in the justice system.
The same 1980's hysteria that applied to Mrs Chamberlain, trial by media and community consensus, was liberally applied to the treatment of Cardinal George Pell - before, and during his trial. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. Whenever I voiced that possibility he was innocent, most people were outright hostile towards me. When Mrs Chamberlain was convicted, it seemed there were tens of thousands of people jumping with joy, and most in the media were smiling. The exact same thing happened when Cardinal George Pell was convicted on 11 December 2018 - joy in the streets and on TV. Ultimately, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison. On 7 April 2020, he was released after all 7 members of The High Court of Australia decided to quash his conviction. That day restored my belief in the justice system.
To those who disagree with The High Court's decision, its like watching another bunch of circus clowns. I'm left wondering when I'll get to see the next trial by media and community consensus. When will the next circus come to town?
I am happy to hear your point of view, but only once.
Spot on report. Trial by media and community consensus happened with the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain in 1980. Almost everyone held a resolute claim that the baby was murdered by her mother. Very few held the view that a dingo took the baby. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. I did think it unlikely a mother on holiday with her whole family would kill her daughter. I held a view that it was conceivable a dingo took the baby. Whenever I voiced that possibility, I was shot down in flames - most people were outright hostile towards me for voicing that. I learned quite quickly that I had to watch the circus and shut up. Ultimately, Azaria's parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. That was a day I woke up. My faith in the justice system evaporated. On 29 October 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was convicted. On 7 February 1986 she was released from prison. That day restored by belief in the justice system.
The same 1980's hysteria that applied to Mrs Chamberlain, trial by media and community consensus, was liberally applied to the treatment of Cardinal George Pell - before, and during his trial. At the time, I was unsure what had happened. Whenever I voiced that possibility he was innocent, most people were outright hostile towards me. When Mrs Chamberlain was convicted, it seemed there were tens of thousands of people jumping with joy, and most in the media were smiling. The exact same thing happened when Cardinal George Pell was convicted on 11 December 2018 - joy in the streets and on TV. Ultimately, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison. On 7 April 2020, he was released after all 7 members of The High Court of Australia decided to quash his conviction. That day restored my belief in the justice system.
To those who disagree with The High Court's decision, its like watching another bunch of circus clowns. I'm left wondering when I'll get to see the next trial by media and community consensus. When will the next circus come to town?
I am happy to hear your point of view, but only once.
@@cavscout7113 LOL. Not likely.