Belgarion wrote on Apr 9
th, 2020 at 2:28pm:
Gnads wrote on Apr 9
th, 2020 at 1:48pm:
Belgarion wrote on Apr 9
th, 2020 at 1:41pm:
All here who 'know' that Pell is guilty, what information do you have that has not been made available to the court? If you know something then you really should go to the police rather than bleat about 'injustice' here.
You directing that at me?
Not at you in particular, but at anyone who seems to think they are able to decide that someone
is guilty of an offence and demand that person be punished without any information other than their own opinion.
I am no fan of the Catholic church, and the abuse cover ups are disgusting. However I have no personal knowledge of Pell's actions regarding the offences he was charged with and am willing to accept that the 7 High Court judges have examined all the evidence and decided the accusations do not stand up.
As I have mentioned before, there are those in the legal profession who would see jury trials abandoned altogether and that would be a very bad thing for our legal system, however the way people are carrying on about this and other high profile cases where they think they have more knowledge and/or have allowed their prejudices to pre-judge an accused person is an indication that these lawyers have a point in saying many members of the public are not able to be impartial if serving on a jury.
It's not my opinion that he was mentioned in the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse.
It's not my opinion that he was at the wheel/in charge when covering up for paedo priests & moving them around was happening.
That's a fact.
It is my opinion & that of others that he should be held accountable for that, along with any other church hierarchy & priests that have been a party to those church policies.
Whilst the current church policy of silence, lying & deception which are hardly religious virtues, remains......
then this sort of thing will continue.
Are you an agreeable party to that?