tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post1002748476633117929..comments2024-03-28T02:22:35.857-07:00Comments on The Eponymous Flower: Ex-Communist Sees Another Dreyfus Case in Cardinal PellTancredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-29195163236597048782019-03-25T20:39:28.070-07:002019-03-25T20:39:28.070-07:00When George Weigle defends someone, you just have ...When George Weigle defends someone, you just have to wonder...Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-78558968692189082032019-03-25T20:38:35.695-07:002019-03-25T20:38:35.695-07:00It’s too bad for Pell’s defenders that some of his...It’s too bad for Pell’s defenders that some of his other victims, including adults, are so credible.Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-26283253421988277992019-03-25T16:21:28.531-07:002019-03-25T16:21:28.531-07:00AMalek said... March 22, 2019 at 5:24 PM
Your post...<br />AMalek said... March 22, 2019 at 5:24 PM<br />Your post is incorrect, Clearly you have no idea what was happening during the 80s & early 90's. Pell was out of Little's inner circle of the modernist squad. If you only knew what went on back then, you would know Pell was left in the dark. Imagine a criminal sharing with police all the crimes he/she have committed over the years and where their next crime is going to happen.. I don't think so! That's how it was back then, Little (head of the modernist squad) protecting his sad cased wolves and Pell along with many other good priests were left in the outer-circle and feed bull. That's how it was and this poor man is now paying the price, over and over again for the real wolf/ wolves inside the church. Unbelievable, totally unbelievable! <br />Joan Jones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-46429640895052688222019-03-24T10:36:37.692-07:002019-03-24T10:36:37.692-07:00Let Pray for a Good CARDINAL for his safety in th...Let Pray for a Good CARDINAL for his safety in the Prison,May GOD Protect and Guide him Remember our Good Lord say the will persecute and put you in Prison for My Name.You are in my Prayers, good CARDINAL <br />Litacanamanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540656400831305048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-25311466036330845332019-03-24T00:06:34.622-07:002019-03-24T00:06:34.622-07:00Not only is the case against the innocent Cardinal...Not only is the case against the innocent Cardinal George Pell ridiculous but is a clear indication of how so called intelligent people are reduced to idiots because of their prejudice against a man for who he is and the religion he represents. Jeanette Hockadaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-5479767288670377082019-03-23T07:15:02.393-07:002019-03-23T07:15:02.393-07:00It’s ridiculous to try someone for crimes allegedl...It’s ridiculous to try someone for crimes allegedly committed twenty years ago.Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-8228681759891281822019-03-23T00:53:27.047-07:002019-03-23T00:53:27.047-07:00@AMalek - Cd Pell is by no means perfect but he wa...@AMalek - Cd Pell is by no means perfect but he was the first prelate to put relevant procedures in place.<br /><br />@Peter W - (1) In my opinion, no reasonable jury could possibly have come to the conclusion reached given the facts presented - i.e. that there could be no reasonable doubt that Pell committed the alleged assault in what would have been a crowded sacristy at the cathedral after a Mass celebrated by the Archbishop (i.e. no small parish Mass scenario) for the 6 minute period of time the abuse was alleged to have taken. Leave alone the question of the layers of heavy and cumbersome vestments which would surely should have effectively rendered impossible the allegations as to how the assaults occurred. Should the evidence of the 20 or so witnesses who testified as to these issues be summarily dismissed? (Apparently so, according to the jury.) Was the rational distinction between "choir boys" and "alter boys" ever given weight by the directing judge or the jury. (Apparently not.) All Mass-going Catholics will clearly understand this important difference with the focal point being that choir boys have no business whatsoever EVER being in the sacristy. (2) The role of the Victorian police service in all this provides fuel for the conspiracy theory conflagrations. Bizarrely and without precedent, as far as I am aware, the police force took it upon themselves to assume the role of a secret security service (imitating the KGB?) in taking upon itself the task of creating a file out of nothing to get dirt on the good cardinal. Let's be clear on this - despite lack of any charges, VIC Police embarked with religious fervour on an unholy crusade to "get Pell". To show just how warped an organisation this is, you need just consider their recently uncovered complete lack of ethics in signing up prominent defence lawyers to snitch on their own clients (whose interests those lawyers are meant to uphold and whose confidentiality they are bound to keep, on pain of disbarment). Not to mention their long-held MO of "shoot first, aske questions later" - literally! To be clear, the trial was the result of the dogmatic efforts of the VIC police to "get Pell". And why? Because he created numerous enemies in the left-wing, liberal, homosexualist establishment simply by strongly defending the faith. (3) My confidence in the Australian judicial system has taken a bit of a hit after this trial - and I disclose that I am a practising Australian lawyer. A successful appeal will go a long way to restoring that confidence.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-49380913704884750612019-03-22T21:55:50.715-07:002019-03-22T21:55:50.715-07:00Thank God countries like Australia conduct themsel...Thank God countries like Australia conduct themselves according to the rule of law and not some kind of reactionary conspiracy theory ideology. George Weigel came out with this stuff last week in First Things, nearly verbatim.Peter Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-59270644334573767012019-03-22T17:24:01.603-07:002019-03-22T17:24:01.603-07:00Pell is guilty of covering up for sex abuse in his...Pell is guilty of covering up for sex abuse in his diocese for decades, was caught lying about it on national television and was number three in the Vatican—not possible unless Francis has dirt on you. This case was a showtrial, but Pell is not clean by any stretch.AMalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332138742805607376noreply@blogger.com