There is renewed talk, following the removal of Cardinal Becciu, that a good deal of Vatican money was used to frame Cardinal Pell for crimes he did not commit. A million dollars sent to Australia has been mentioned. Cardinal Pell has always been hated and feared because he is smart, honest, capable and he adheres to the Gospels and Catholic teaching, unlike his detractors within the Church and outside it.

"Many thought that it was actually Australia's system of justice that was on trial". Well Victoria's certainly was, and still is, along with its dictatorial Premier, who has never accepted the High Court verdict.

The George Pell story has certainly been one in the eye for the horrible Left and its non-stop attacks, not just on Christianity and Catholicism, but on all Western values and common decency.

The "noble cause sanctimony" and "ideological blindness", and "group think" and "hubris" Cardinal George has been, and still is, subjected to by Leftist scum in Australia, would be enough to make most 79 year olds want to spend their remaining days anywhere but here. But, given what we hear about Cardinals in Rome, and the weakest, Leftiest Pope in our time, is George Pell safe in the Vatican?

It's good to have Paul Collits contributing to Online Opinion.

Cardinal Pell was found not guilty of any offence. End of. So let's move on.

He's now one of the Pope's right-hand men. I wouldn't be surprised if he and the Pope work very closely and very well together on cleaning up the Vatican's finances.

Joe

Ah yes, anyone who wants to see truth and justice is labelled a hater!

Pell was not actually exonerated by his day before the high court, but rather, had his conviction quashed!

To claim otherwise is a dishonest representation of verifiable facts.
Fact. He was found guilty by a jury.
Fact. And that conviction was upheld on appeal.
Fact. his conviction was quashed, not repealed!

And he will face final justice and held to account for all his sins, whatever they may be? After all, he is human.

He tried very hard to avoid his day in court, claiming he had a heart condition and was too sick to travel! Since then he has flown to Australia and now back to the Vatican. Ah, modern medicine! Ain't it miraculous?

As for the claim of a serious fraud. A Man/bookeepr as honest and truthful as Pell would never ever countenance such action. Let alone condone it or be complicit in fraud.

Let's hope all the facts are revealed, the guilty face justice and the innocent set free by the truth!

Someday we will embrace new, unbeatable sace age lie detection and a man who is clearly innocent will never be convicted.

Pell was convicted by the opinions of jurors, and three Judges. And by an archaic system that has changed little for centuries! And where justice seems to be reserved for those with the deepest pockets?
Alan B

why wouldn't they hate Pell. He has shown how corrupt the Andrews Government and his judicial system in Victoria is. Those activist judges should of been sacked long ago. They have proven to be a disgrace.

David Marr, the abc, the Guardian, smh any apologies for smearing, reporting fake news and having an innocent man gaoled for over a year. What a disgusting bunch!

ttbn,

You are letting your pseudo-intellectualism run riot in a rational world.

Question we all need to ask is Why did Judge Mark Weinstein dissent in George Pell's Victorian appeal?

I think we are all aware of the ramifications that his decision to dissent had on Pell's further attempts of appeal in the High Court.

For example, we all know that the jury was stacked in the trial of Joh Bjelke-Petersen when a dyed-in-the-wool Joh supporter was put in purposively to sit on the jury.

We all know that these things go on. What is is that we call these things? I know! They're called injustices against society.