John Howard gave the character reference AFTER Pell was found guilty, not before. That changes a lot...Howard just endorsed the character of a convicted kiddy fiddler.
Pell has always been an outspoken social conservative, just like Tony Abbott, John Howard, and Andrew Bolt and Miranda Devine from the News Corpse press who have also defended him. Funny thing is; while this grub was moralising to everyone about how they should be living their lives, he was touching up and lusting after kids. He's a grub, and he deserves everything he gets
