Thankfully Issy, the consequences in your case were not long lasting, and that's a good thing.
However in many, many, cases the outcome has been far less satisfactory, with so victims suffering long term negative effects.

When the same act brings two very different results, we must look at the contributing factors.

One lights a match and it causes a major catastrophic fire.
Another lights a match, but it falls on a rock or is extinguished even before it reaches the ground, then nothing happens.

When the seeds of evil find no fertile ground, they do not sprout!

SteeleRedux Quote "Trying attempted to intimidate Foxy by flagging legal ramifications."

And "The point was made that right now Foxy could go for it. I did not refer to post a successful appeal. So at this moment Bill Shorten has been told there is not a case to answer and you are directly libelling him. That puts you far more in the frame than Foxy would ever be."

** Are you seriously stupid enough to stand by you last post, if so please seek help. **

I have now realised what I find so annoying about a particular group.
When they have nothing of any real substance to contribute or counter, they say the obvious, over and over.
They are good at overplaying the virtue card.
If something is bad, they will blow it up out of all reasonable proportion and say it's much worse than what it really is, so as to make it appear they have some new insight and they are more adept at conveying the message than anyone else.
They are a fraud, if they were being honest they would keep their narratives within a range the general population use, and not try to make themselves sound superior to those not on side.
Like the last posting from one such person.
Was it necessary to link a quote from some random person, as if they had some new evidence which would somehow confirm the court ruling.
The court has spoken, he is found guilty, what kind of person keeps putting someone down after they have been found guilty of the charges and then keeps hounding them further into the ground.
It is a very sick person who keeps punching someone in the face well after they are dead.
We are all told that Pell is unwell, or he's got a problem, so the story goes, I don't know, do any of you know?
We believe the story because of the charges, but we haven't heard the last of this yet.
Watch this space.

You amaze me ALTRAV, on this thread you are calling for sympathy for Pell, on other treads you call for violence, even death for politicians. BTW you show no sympathy for the victims of paedophiles, jut the oppersite, telling them to get over it etc.
As an Itite, you are most likely a Catholic, so you want to protect your own, understandable.

Paul, I'm not religious as my previous posts will confirm, in fact my stance on the topic is that if someone has to pray or rely on a fictional character for guidance, they are less of a person for doing so.
If ever I was confronted with the question, 'if I didn't believe in anything then who or what did I believe in'?
The answer would bring a smile to my face every time.
MYSELF, is the correct answer.
A child may seek guidance and comfort from a parent or an older and more mature person, but an adult must believe in themselves, not to worship themselves, the concept is alien to me anyway, but to manage their lives and ensure they honour their responsibility to their family and to themselves.
As to my indifference towards those who get 'played' with, (I am loathed to call them 'victims'), I don't care about them because I consider what happened to them to be of no consequence, or to me it fits in the 'so what, big deal' category.
I have been fiddled with too, you don't see me going around wanting to lynch up 80 odd year old men.
No because I practice common sense and reason.
I was not hurt, in fact quite the opposite, so I would rather be played with than endure the disgusting display of ignorance children of my day put me through.
Now those encounters I came away bloodied and bruised, so if you want to compare the difference between someone 'getting my rocks off' and belting the sh!t out of me, gee, hang on a minute, let me think, this is a real hard one, of course, even as a boy, I would choose the former.
As one other commentor has mentioned, they gathered each other up over time and got on with their lives as if nothing happened, and you know what, NOTHING did happen.
The ones complaining aren't men, (those who were played with), they have emotional issues, where-as the 'kiddy fiddlers have mental or psychological issues, they really need help, not jail.