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George Pell: questions wise and foolish : Comments

By Alfred Zarb, published 19/3/2019

It is not unreasonable for an average person, not necessarily a Pell supporter, to at least wonder about the fairness of this conviction.

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Yes indeed the ABC, David Marr, victim advocates
victims themselves, their families, the anti-
Catholic press (?) our legal system, the 12
jurors, are all biased.

Whereas NewsCorp, David Bolt, Miranda Devine,
et al, are as pure as the driven slush?

After all -

Pell did everything to curb pedophile priests in his
years as auxiliary bishop because the predators of
some of the worst of them were being reported to him.
He listened to the pleas of parents and teachers.
He earned his stripes in his war against sexual abuse
in the church - right?

He protected children. He disciplined priests, he
comforted the abused. the allegations against him
were after all not proven (nor dismissed).

John Paul II and Benedict XVI were very impressed with
the Cardinal. Pope Francis takes a rather different
view:

"Behind rigidity something always lies hidden."

"In many cases a double life."
Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 2:31:18 PM
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Alan B,

"However the pope never ever errs..."

Got any back up for that statement?
Posted by Is Mise, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 2:50:33 PM
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Raycom: Doesn't strike you as passing strange, that we've had unbeatable, space-age lie detection for over a couple of decades now, but have yet to deploy the same!?

Moreover, CAFR and thermal imaging can be deployed completely covertly! Without witness knowledge or consent. If only to assist the Judge and or the jury!

For mine, we should allow the full unvarnished truth to tell the entire story and test the veracity of ALL the evidence.

That said, it's the same jury system we had for hundreds of years and yes, it has convicted a few innocent men.

Some think it is better for a hundred murders or rapists to go free than we convict one innocent man. And basically the state of play in our medieval justice system?

The same one that transported a forbear for the crime of stealing a secondhand pair of shoes and put my Great-grandmother in a workhouse for daring to be poor!

My house, car, shares and bank balance against yours, that Pell if offered unbeatable, space-age lie detection to test the veracity of his, I'm innocent, denials would refuse point blank!?
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Tuesday, 19 March 2019 2:53:49 PM
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Is Mise,

As a Catholic you should have been taught about
the infallibility of the Pope.
Ask your local priest to explain it to you
if in doubt. (But it's a good sign on your
part to question it, evertheless - maybe its
a sign things are looking up for you?).
Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 2:56:01 PM
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'As a Catholic you should have been taught about
the infallibility of the Pope.'


and yet to stay. Hmmm.
Posted by runner, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 3:01:03 PM
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Foxy,

"However the pope never ever errs..."

As a Catholic you should know that the above statement is not true, the Pope can and does err as have all Popes before him, in all probability.
Posted by Is Mise, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 5:18:27 PM
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