Posted on 12/12/2020 5:26:10 PM PST by marshmallow
The book, "The Persecution of George Pell" by Keith Windschuttle, was launched in Sydney Dec. 10, 2020
Australia has entered a new phase that could see any Australian consigned to imprisonment without any evidence for crimes they have not committed, warned the author of a new book on the trial and imprisonment of Cardinal George Pell.
Keith Windschuttle, a former Australian Broadcasting Corp. board member who is also the editor of Quadrant magazine, warned that "within the ideological imperatives that prevail today, any one of us could become a George Pell."
"It was as if Kafka's 'The Trial' had moved from the Czech Republic and relocated to Melbourne," Windschuttle said at the launch of his book, "The Persecution of George Pell," in Sydney Dec. 10.
"Any one of us could now be accused by strangers of reprehensible behavior and then find the weight of the nation's structures of law, government and public opinion piled on top of us," he warned.
The 408-page book catalogues and explores a surreal pattern of inconsistencies and intrigues in the Cardinal Pell case, which saw a leading global church figure accused of sexual abuse and, despite no evidence being presented, ultimately jailed.
Cardinal Pell "was lucky to be saved at the last minute by his only remaining hope, the judges of the Australian High Court," he said. "They retained enough independence and integrity to see the truth of the case as it was."
However, he warned, "there are no guarantees that future members of the High Court will act as credibly as those who acquitted Pell."
Windschuttle described the process, which included Victorian Police advertising to seek accusations against the cardinal, and the progress of his trial, conviction and failed appeal as a reflection of decaying integrity in the lower echelons of legal structures in.....
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So long as church leadership allow homosexuals in the clergy, I have no sympathy for when they are rightfully or even wrongfully jailed. If he knew of any homosexual clergy, if he knew of any bad behavior, then as far as I am concerned he is guilty. Let them all rot in jail. Get rid of homosexuals in the clergy, rebuild the church, respect the religion.
Bless your heart.
If you want to keep your head.
Must be nice to be perfect, and to only associate with others who are perfect.
“...I have no sympathy for when they are rightfully or even wrongfully jailed. If he knew of any homosexual clergy, if he knew of any bad behavior, then as far as I am concerned he is guilty. Let them all rot in jail....”
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You’re OK with folks being wrongfully jailed? Wonderful. /sarc
Unless I’m confusing him with someone else, I believe Cardinal Pell’s “sin” was becoming aware of the shady goings on at the Vatican’s bank. The Pope and crew orchestrated his persecution to shut him up.
That is the thing.
Cardinal Pell is not innocent. I serious doubt any cardinal or clergy is in the matter of predatory homosexuals within their ranks, especially when they may be one. So let’s forget the ‘oh, he is innocent’ BS. And I don’t accept the connection of financial misdeeds as excuse to dismiss his homosexuality.
In short, government has been co-opted by the criminal class. The same is happening in the United States.
JoMa
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