Because the moderators know the truth about Pell

I AGREE THAT HE SHOULD HAVE TOLD THE POLICE. (Caps so you don't think I'm disagreeing with you)
BUT, there is more to this than meets the eye.
This man put his entire life into the church. He followed his deepest love and made immense sacrifices to do what he saw as his divine privilege - serving the church and his own hearts faith. In his mind, if he'd broken the seal of confession, he'd be betraying God, and effectively spitting on everything he knows to be true. All for some piece if shit kiddy fiddler. He'd have thrown his God out, because he'd be betraying his vows to represent the Lord on earth.
This is really difficult for me to put into words, but I understand why Pell might have tried other means to remove the problem (kiddy fiddler) by other means within his power, without breaking his own faith. He would have had limits on what he could do though, given his position in a wider organisation.
I just mean, there's more than just black and white here.

Each one is enabling the next

🙄 dont you think ‘God’ wld have given ‘Pell a pass in order to save the children?

Basically what you are saying is, God raped those children and thats ok.

I don't believe in God so for me, they're fables

Considering his rank, he should have spoken out. No excuses. The scarcity of confession and god line is just a bunch of bullshit that allows him to protect a rock spider.

Hold up, basically what I'm saying is: whatever decision Pell made, he thought it was the appropriate one for his position. I'm saying that whilst we can sit here and form opinions on his actions, the people who granted his appeal obviously did so based on facts. There is a big difference between opinions and facts.
"Basically God raped these kids" - no. Not in the slightest. Could Pell have deluded himself into thinking that the sexual abuse was designed to happen (because priests ARE meant to uphold God's laws and represent Him on earth)? Possibly.

Thank you, the other Catholics are making me puke.

Why are you still catholic? I grew up being forced to attend catholic schools - as an adult, there is no way I could continue to belong to/believe in any religion.
The Catholics are a special type of evil - the historical abuse of children should be enough for people to discontinue their support of the Catholic Church.

Where are the Catholics during covid19? - the Sihks are out there producing free healthy meals for anyone who needs/wants it - the Catholics are holed up looking out for themselves!! - you can bet the pope isn’t out there cooking up meals for the poor....
They are incredibly wealthy yet let the poor continue to suffer - discouraging birth control in 3rd world countries..so yeah, thumbs up Catholics - way to go!
Rant over.

^best comment on here

Yesssssssss

I'm not a catholic, and I certainly don't support him. But, he's been found not guilty. That's enough to make me sit on the fence about him. Is he an asshole? For sure. But is he an asshole who molested children? I can't answer that. That's a factual statement, and I only have opinions on the case.

Awesome response ^^

Well Pell certainly ‘got to the bottom’ no doubt about that.

Oh no you didn't 😂😂🥰

Sure. So is rolph Harris, bill Cosby, Jeffrey epstein and Harvey weinstein

He is in NO WAY innocent!

and you are a fool to think he’s innocent

Why?

.....Says the Catholic

👍👍

I actually agree with your points. It's not beyond reasonable doubt that Pell is not guilty (obviously, now he's being released). Whether he did the crimes he stands accused of, or not, the evidence isn't enough to hold him.
The only people who know for sure whether he did those unspeakable acts are those directly involved (Pell himself, and his accusers).
And given the high profile of the case, it seems almost impossible that a jury could remain impartial. Which then translates into the possibility that he was wrongfully convicted.
It's very easy to hate him for what he allegedly did to those (then) boys. But as strong as our sense of disgust is in those alleged actions, so would our disgust be if we villified an innocent man. Or at least it should be equally disgusting.
Even if others disagree with you (OP of this comment), I think you make some good points regarding the lack of consistency in the prosecutions case.

Some good points babe 💜

Agreed after reviewing evidence. Impossible for him to be guilty

^ oops. I think you mean innocent

Agree! Can't beleive they had an innocent man sitting in jail for so long. So flawed!

How do you know he’s innocent?

The system is a joke because they let the monster out of jail