Pell is a scapegoat. Not an abuser. IMO, page-18

You have to ask yourself why the catholic church can not be pursued for engaging in organized crime in many countries? Ticks all the boxes now rot all the way to the top, systemic and stra
tegic abuse and protection of perpetrators. Silencing of victims through a carefully design scheme, key architect and driver of the scheme also a convicted perpetrator.

Apologists like bolt and his masters are enablers imo!

Given pell is the treasurer of the  richest org in the world and has the biggest defense team possible, plus many enablers all through govt it is totally amazing he has been convicted!

However the fact that he was house mate of the worst ever pedo priest in hist at the time lived at the epicentre of the biggest priest pedo ring in oz history, one of the areas the church strategically moved them to; not a good look. Maybe nothing to it!

Hopefully he will not get off on appeal.