PELL VERDICT: WHY I DON'T ACCEPT IT
Cardinal George Pell has been falsely convicted of sexual abusing two boys in their early teens. That’s my opinion, based on the overwhelming evidence. Pell, Australia’s most senior Catholic, is a scapegoat, not a child abuser. In my opinion. And here's why.
Cardinal George Pell has been falsely convicted of sexual abusing two boys in their early teens. That’s my opinion, based on the overwhelming evidence.
And my opinion is also based in part on how many times Pell has been accused of crimes and sins he clearly did not do.
But at last some of the truckload of mud thrown at him has stuck. It adds up to this: Pell, Australia’s most senior Catholic, has been made to pay for the sins of his church and a media campaign of vilification.
He is a scapegoat, not a child abuser. In my opinion.