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The incredible national news story that we CAN'T report:very high-profile figure has been convicted
www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | Published: 06:57 EST, 12 December 2018 | Updated: 06:57 EST, 12 December 2018 | By Aidan Wondracz For Daily Mail Australia

Posted on 12/12/2018 9:04:07 AM PST by Red Badger

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The incredible national news story that we CAN'T report: A very high-profile figure has been convicted of a serious crime - here's why you're not allowed to read about it

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A suppression order protected the conviction of a high-profile figure this week

The person was convicted on Tuesday and will be remanded in February

Victorian County Court has ordered a gag on the person's identity and charges

The state accounts for more than half of suppression orders doled out in country

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A very high-profile figure has been convicted of a serious crime this week, but suppression orders have prevented Australian media outlets including Daily Mail Australia from reporting on it.

The well-known person has attracted significant media attention throughout their trial, and was only convicted on Tuesday.

The conviction came on the second attempt, after a jury could not decide a verdict during an earlier trial.

The Victorian County Court first brought in the suppression order after the first trial.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: australia; catholic; catholicchurch; crime; downunder; pedophiles; secret; vatican
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To: Red Badger
Hannity is was Catholic.
61 posted on 12/12/2018 11:41:40 AM PST by Campion ((marine dad))
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To: NorthMountain
Does he come from a land down under?

Where else would it be a criminal offense for his boomerang to not come back?

62 posted on 12/12/2018 11:41:44 AM PST by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, then eat you.)
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To: MrEdd
Because being so drunk you vomit your guts out is so common in Australia that they have a specific word for it.

Several, in fact. From my Ozstraylion cutie, I learned the Oz term *Technicolour Yawn* and I've used it ever since.

63 posted on 12/12/2018 11:45:07 AM PST by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, then eat you.)
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To: Red Badger
With the Foster’s...................

AKA *A slab of blue tinnies.*

64 posted on 12/12/2018 11:47:32 AM PST by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, then eat you.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Be nice. It’s a small world, after all.


65 posted on 12/12/2018 11:47:54 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: Red Badger
G’Day, Mate!.

Howzit, China!

66 posted on 12/12/2018 11:48:25 AM PST by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, then eat you.)
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To: Red Badger

Cardinal George Pell.

The child molester will now go to prison! Sweet!!!


67 posted on 12/12/2018 11:54:33 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: The Man


68 posted on 12/12/2018 12:03:54 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Campion

He changed to some other denomination?.............


69 posted on 12/12/2018 12:46:44 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: MeganC

I do not believe he is guilty. This article gives some insight into the accusations.

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2017/07/the-case-against-cardinal-pell


70 posted on 12/12/2018 1:37:58 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: dfwgator

Forgot about Jacko, he was awesome!


71 posted on 12/12/2018 1:41:43 PM PST by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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To: lastchance

From your article:

>>> Pell responded to the prosecutors’ questions with a frankness that bordered on heedlessness. He admitted that in 1974, when a boy spoke vaguely to him of the pedophilic behavior of a Fr. Dowlan of the Christian Brothers, Pell did not inquire further or intervene. Asked by the prosecutor to explain his inaction, Pell was blunt: The boy “wasn’t asking me to do anything about it.” <<<

Sorry, by his own words he was NOT innocent.

Inaction in the face of evil is complicity.


72 posted on 12/12/2018 2:14:57 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: MeganC

How do those words indicate guilt of molesting boys? It shows he handled a complaint poorly- this when “Pell was a junior priest with no authority in disciplinary matters, nor any formal charge to inquire into pedophilic infractions.”

You might try reading the whole article. Poor judgment and going by the laws of the time regarding reporting of allegations is not proof of guilt.


73 posted on 12/12/2018 2:52:32 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: lastchance

Twelve people heard the evidence that Pell was directly involved in child molestation at the cathedral in Melbourne and they were sufficiently convinced of his guilt that they found him guilty.

Next year in the spring he’ll be tried for the offences that are alleged to have taken place at a swimming pool in Ballarat. Maybe that jury may see things differently.

In any case he’s been found guilty and is now a convicted sex offender.


74 posted on 12/12/2018 3:36:33 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: archy
I learned the Oz term *Technicolour Yawn*

Oz term?

Huh.

We used that term in college.

In the United States.

In the early 1980s.

75 posted on 12/12/2018 3:42:15 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: MeganC

He plans to appeal. I find it doubtful that an impartial jury with no exposure to the accusations could be found. There was a great deal of publicity and guilt was assumed by the media from the git-go. An earlier trial on the same case resulted in a hung jury. You can be sure the prosecution jury shopped very carefully after that.


76 posted on 12/12/2018 3:55:03 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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