Dear Is Mise,

«How could anyone get to the consecrated wine other than the Priest and the Communicants?"»

According to the testimony in court: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-26/george-pell-guilty-child-sexual-abuse-court-trial/10837564

"The former choirboy said they “were being naughty kids having a look around” when they came across a bottle of altar wine and started having a few swigs.

But soon, Pell appeared in the doorway, alone and dressed in his archbishop’s robes."

Yuyutsu Quote "dressed in his archbishop’s robes." Then consider what I posted about the robes and something does not add up, BUT why did the defense not raise that issue?

Also with the amount of sexual abuse cases involving priests lately, I would put money on some of the 12 having a closed mind rather than looking for beyond a reasonable doubt.

Foxy, it’s no surprise the boy knew the layout of the sacristy. In an interview, the mother of the second boy, now deceased, said that her son had told her that the two boys used to go and play in that room.
So, naturally he could describe it.

The forums hard right paedophilia apologists, and we have several here, are looking for any excuse, any out, they can find for Paedophile Pell, bush lawyers the lot. Not one apologists sat in the court room, listing to the detailed evidence as it was presented.

Josephus used the old line of the apologists, blamed the victim, or the parents of the victim, but oh no don't put blame on the perpetrator, he's one of our own. Josephus your're big on hell, how about we let Pell rot there!

Pell got a fair trial, and he was found guilty by 12 good citizens. That's good enough for me.

Paul, So Pell's first trial was not a fair trial as the jury were not convinced he was guilty. So in your opinion a person must be tried until a guilty verdict is arrived at. That is why we are concerned a fair trial it was not. It was a show trial against the Catholic hierarchy.

Nor were they convinced he was innocent! Put whatever spin you want on it. At the moment the grub stands convicted. If circumstance change and he was to walk away a free man in the future so be it, but that's in the future, and no one knows the future.