The Pell defenders, those protecting the Catholic Church blindly
Are In fact doing great damage to that Church
Catholic Church, by its at best, half hearted efforts to stop further offenses and admit past ones, is killing that Church

In this case I think the accused has been stitched up. Only one mans word against another, not enough to send a bloke to trial, let alone a guilty verdict. They should have found a better case with more evidence.
We will see what the appeal brings out.

Catholics only have themselves to blame as it has been going on for centuries (since 1100) and parents keep sending their kids to the same places they themselves knew it was going on. The kids openly spoke about Fatherxxxx, Brother xxxx and the cruel nuns. Did they expect a new pope to fix it.

Homosexual abuse is horrible at 15 but apparently OK at 16 as our community gave their approval of the sordid practices when they voted to accept SSM only a few months ago. Wonder how many of those now ranting gave their approval of the homosexual practices recently. I know I did not.

Steele,

I'm not vouching for its accuracy, I was following Foxy who is apparently privy to information that no one else has.

How did she know that the vote was 10/2?

Paul,

I told you earlier, we were working-class Irish and we told the police nothing.
The matter was sorted out with a good outcome for all, including the perpetrator, who left the religious life, thereafter married, had a family and led a blameless life.

Is Mise,

You gave us the 10-2 citation from "Quadrant."

I questioned it.

The Guardian explains further:

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/mar/02/cardinal-george-pells-conviction-the-questions-that-remain

Scroll down to the paragraph that asks:

Ït has been rumoured that the jurors in the mistrial were
split 10 - to - two in favour of Pell. Is this right?

Pat Hudson has won the Bald Archy Prize -
a parody of the Archibald Prize with a phallic
themed likeness of Cardinal George Pell:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-22/cardinal-george-pell-portrait-wins-bald-archy-prize-2016/7651566

Henry L your defense of Pell, then highlighting the faults of the Church is stunning
My fear is power and privilege, as it often does, will set him free
Sadly, in all those nominated centuries of child abuse, I can not believe even a Pope did not offend
Such is the world wide revelations of offending and covering it up in the Catholic Church