Shadyminister,

I am absolutely positive that I saw in the news and on TV that Pell was found guilty and sentenced to prison for child sex abuse.

Unless I didn't see it and just imagined it. Is that what you're saying?

But I'm sure it happened ......... unless I'm going mad!

Did anyone else see it? Or was it just me?

Shadyminister,

Look what I just found:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-13/george-pells-full-sentencing,-as-issued-by-peter-kidd/10897650

It's not me, it's you!

Swamp Donkey,

"To overturn the jury verdict, the High Court had to be convinced a serious miscarriage of justice had taken place.

The High Court, in essence, agreed with Pell's barrister Bret Walker SC that the onus of proof appeared to have been reversed."

https://www.hcourt.gov.au/assets/publications/judgment-summaries/2020/hca-12-2020-04-07.pdf

What is clear is that the original conviction was a serious miscarriage of justice due primarily to the incompetence of the Victorian judges who have had a plethora of judgements against them.

Pell's slate has effectively been wiped clean and is innocent of the charges.

I guess your ignorance on this issue is due to your universal ignorance.

shadyminister,

I think we all know what happened.

One of the three Victorian judges dissented and it opened the door for Pell to appeal to the High Court for an acquittal and I think the High Court judges were compelled to dismiss the charges in light of the fact that one of the Victorian judges had dissented.

It's how you interpret the events that now matters and I think there is a big question mark over what took place.

Pell got off the hook but the jury is still out.

This is one for the historians and sociologists to sort out. Makes for good history and social analysis.

Self-opinionated,

No. The jury is NOT still out. The accusations against Pell were found by the highest court in the country not to stand up. The highest court in Australia. There is no higher court to have recourse to. End of.

Move on. I don't like it any more than other lefties. But we can either keep picking at scabs, or move on. There are other issues to complain about.

Joe

Pseudo-mouth,

I'm a sociologist looking for the truth.

And I think there is a big question mark hanging over the events surrounding Pell's appeal and subsequent acquittal.

Like I said, leave it to the historians and sociologists to figure out.

And let all you sheep get on with your lives and complain about other issues as you put it.