" hoping that faith prevails over evidence, "

What evidence?

Don't bother reading the article to find the answer to that. It seems the author's 'evidence' is that Pell is supported by people the author dislikes which somehow proves his guilt.

The only evidence is the recollections of one man. There were three people in that room that day. Two said nothing happened. A man is incarcerated because the judicial system decided to believe the third.

On that basis leaders and others from disfavoured groups should learn the lesson of not daring to voice their opinion. And in the end that is what this is all about.

Poor old bold OLOers who identify with Pell.

Are they Pellophiles or Pellophiliacs?

You choose.

Wow Binoy, not just displaying your bias, but screaming it from the roof top.

Fat lot of good an education did you.

As a life long atheist and hostile to religion I enjoyed Pell's literal fall from grace. A friend pointed out that it is unlikely that a paedophile would just offend the once and after that court verdict there should have been a "Me too" movement?
This author is just a horrible writer. Try and keep it simple mate and say you have it in for Pell at the start and why.
I think the appeal may succeed but could not care a less really. A seer in the 13th century listed all popes and said this is the last one, perhaps it is.
The last Pope seeing so much devastation changes to a committee of sorts to run the church? How do we turn people from this idiocy? Religion I mean.

ateday, you are wrong on both counts. Do you follow the Green religion?

Pell in his televised interview with the police, was accorded civility and respect. As was his defence when he had his day in court. As he no doubt will, when he goes to appeal.

For that to succeed there must be an error in law! He apparently successfully suppressed his five previous convictions, December 2018. As no doubt, that knowledge may have swayed the jury on these other matters? Who unanimously judged him guilty. And not easily overturned.

Every paedophile in creation has always claimed most strenuously, when they too had their day in court, that they were innocent of these heinous crimes! I say, let the jury decide. Oops, they already have!
Alan B.