https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/27/cardinal-pell-will-go-straight-to-jail-as-bail-application-is-withdrawn
His lawyer explained that it was just "vanilla sex." I am sure that makes the victims feel much better and suggests that we should be less upset with Cardinal Pell, right?
Hey, Tony, about those "good Christians" you are always pushing...
He could well be innocent.
His LAWYER said it was just v"vanilla sex."
What part of that is confusing to you? He isn't denying guilt, Bambi - he's trying to make it seem less bad by clarifying that the sex was ordinary and boring.
So, no, he cannot "be innocent" and it is not that he is convicted because of feelings about the Catholic Church.
He's guilty. His lawyer has admitted that he's guilty.
And your attempt to defend men from outrageous behavior is sickening.
'Outrageous behaviour' and this trial are completely different.
This is a criminal trial.
His lawyer has not admitted he's guilty.
I know what his lawyer was trying to do.
He was describing what Pell had been charged with and been convicted of....seemingly in an attempt to lessen the sentence.
If he is guilty then he must face the consequences of his actions...as everyone must.
"Do the crime, do the time."
However, I have a big problem with the evidence on which he was convicted.
Perhaps you can explain to me on what evidence in this case he should've been convicted.
Like how his liturgical vestments were 'parted/moved to the side' so oral sex could be performed, for example..
Pell’s legal team had told the jury that there were several flaws in the evidence.
Firstly, Pell was always at the front of the cathedral greeting parishioners after mass, after which he would return to the sacristy with assistants to help him disrobe. He was never alone.
His Master of Ceremonies, Monsignor Charles Portelli, testified that the assaults could not have happened because “I was with him the whole time he was robed on those days”.
There was testimony also that the sacristy was bustling after mass with at least a dozen people coming in and out, tidying up and getting changed.
The liturgical vestments Pell wore could not have been parted or moved to the side for oral sex to occur, as described by AA.______
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"Beyond reasonable doubt'?
Not in my book.
I'm well aware of Pell, and the books and articles over the many years written about him, and allegations made about him...but I'm focusing on this case/trial.
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