No. He isn’t a good guy.
Guy guys don’t stand by and do nothing while little boys are anally raped.
Indeed they do not, but 42 years ago he probably didn’t know if the boy was credible and what to do to find out. Since he has had power, he has been at the front of changing things. The Left is after him because he is actually Catholic. One accuser lied about him but fortunately he was able to show that he was out of the country, the guy was totally non-credible but that doesn’t matter to the Left.
According to Pell’s testimony, he had never heard such a claim. It was 1974, Pell was not a cardinal or even a bishop, and he didn’t know what the misbehavior was. He regrets not following up on it over 40 years ago. Considering what has happened in some dioceses that was more obvious and completely overlooked or abetted (Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago for starters), his track record since then has been good.