Religion Pell Guilty!

[BruceFromBalnarring]

In the 70s I was aged 11 to 21 so it didn't even enter my mind, I was just getting on with my life as best I could, I am a lucky one in that I never encountered sexual abuse personally or to my knowledge anybody I was close to.

During my working life I never worked in or near areas where adults were in positions of power over vulnerable children so again it never entered my consciousness at all, but if I had been in a position where I knew something abhorrent was happening I'm damn sure I would have known right from wrong and done something about it.

Of course you would have. Like every other well meaning person both within and outside the Catholic Church and every other institution that shifted heaven and earth to stop it happening.

 

[BruceFromBalnarring]

He spent the entire decade warning people against believing the bullshat peddled by odious, obsessive apologists for convicted paedophiles. It's finally working.

Evidently not.

 

[yodellinhank]

Of course you would have. Like every other well meaning person both within and outside the Catholic Church and every other institution that shifted heaven and earth to stop it happening.

Shifted, as in paedos around the country?

 

[M Malice]

Of course you would have. Like every other well meaning person both within and outside the Catholic Church and every other institution that shifted heaven and earth to stop it happening.

I think it has been demonstrated that the catholic church did not do everything it could to stop it happening, they actually covered it up, moved abusers around and thereby tacitly endorsed it.

 

[Bunkdar]

If he does get out, that is, the jury verdict gets overturned (and let's leave aside for a moment personal feelings about the person involved) it's an absolute indictment on our criminal justice system that a bloke is allowed to rot in solitary confinement for (so far) 7 weeks whilst the Chief Justice swans around overseas when she damn well knew what the decision would be before she took off.

brother calm down

The George Pell story is a long way from ending – even if he wins his appeal | David Marr

The high court has often backed trial juries in child abuse cases, and looms over the verdict of the Melbourne judges

www.theguardian.com

 

[BruceFromBalnarring]

brother calm down

The George Pell story is a long way from ending – even if he wins his appeal | David Marr

The high court has often backed trial juries in child abuse cases, and looms over the verdict of the Melbourne judges

www.theguardian.com

David “Catholic Hater” Marr?

Spare me, please!

 

[BruceFromBalnarring]

I think it has been demonstrated that the catholic church did not do everything it could to stop it happening, they actually covered it up, moved abusers around and thereby tacitly endorsed it.

Yeah but what did you do?

 

[Gough]

David “Catholic Hater” Marr?

Spare me, please!

Whatever happens, he'll never see Rome again and he'll be facing court proceedings between now and whenever she chooses to take him from us. Life as he's known it is over.

 

[M Malice]

Yeah but what did you do?

Are you a bit slow on the uptake Bruce, I answered that question in a response to you earlier.

 

[BruceFromBalnarring]

Whatever happens, he'll never see Rome again and he'll be facing court proceedings between now and whenever she chooses to take him from us. Life as he's known it is over.

Oh well I guess that whole child sexual abuse thing is dealt with then.

Bravo!

Clap ****ing clap.

 

[Craven Morehead]

Tell me. What did you do to stop child sexual abuse in the 1970s?

At that stage, I was too terrified to do anything but hide.
Try and make myself invisible.
And I was far from alone.
But I was no H.G. Wells character.
And neither were my mates.

You have no idea how much you revolt me Bruce, and how badly I would hurt you if you espoused this shit in public company within my earshot.

 

[BruceFromBalnarring]

At that stage, I was too terrified to do anything but hide.
Try and make myself invisible.
And I was far from alone.
But I was no H.G. Wells character.
And neither were my mates.

You have no idea how much you revolt me Bruce, and how badly I would hurt you if you espoused this s**t in public company within my earshot.

Feel free to have a crack.

If you’re comforted by the retrospectively outraged, good luck to you.

I can promise you’d have seen far more support from me in the trenches than these carpet baggers.

 

[Craven Morehead]

Feel free to have a crack.

If you’re comforted by the retrospectively outraged, good luck to you.

I can promise you’d have seen far more support from me in the trenches than these carpet baggers.

"the retrospectively outraged'

You are just a dog.
A dirty, filthy, mongrel dog.
You make me sick.

 

[BruceFromBalnarring]

"the retrospectively outraged'

You are just a dog.
A dirty, filthy, mongrel dog.
You make me sick.

Where were these people when the abuse was occurring?

I’ll tell you where they were, running Gillian Sneddon out of the ALP for reporting the abuse of one of their own.

So you can be as angered by me and sickened by me as you like. PM me. I’ll even meet up so you can have a free shot.

But these “online supporters” are worth shit.

I wasn’t directly involved in the CSA stuff. I didn’t see it or experience it. But I was involved in the banking stuff. And I stood up. And I stood ****ing alone. All the anonymous supporters were nowhere to be seen when there needed to be some skin lost.

 

[BruceFromBalnarring]

Downhill skiers. Wind sniffers. Call them what you like. There’s a reason scandals go on longer than they should. And the loudest protesters after the event are reliably the least reliable during the event.

 

[Craven Morehead]

Downhill skiers. Wind sniffers. Call them what you like. There’s a reason scandals go on longer than they should. And the loudest protesters after the event are reliably the least reliable during the event.

Which, as you have consistently implied throughout this entire trial, is the survivors of sexual abuse.
We are the ones who are 'making it up'.
We are the ones who have an axe to grind about 'your' church, or any other church.
You know, because life leads us to have nothing better to do than make up stuff because we don't like someones preferred cult.
Because it's just fun to place yourself in the biggest Supreme Court trial in this country's history that I know of, embarrass yourself publicly via your evidence and then open yourself up to a huge perjury suit.

And then, you know...just live like nothing bad ever happened to you and the inevitable media intrusion.
Because, yeah, life has been kind to you.

 

[western royboy]

John Walshe?

Royal Commission - tried to fabricate a story to support George - subsequently “outed” from his Parish by the parents

 

[Cooldude]

Holy crap the past two pages are just that Bruce guy football spiking over an alleged pedo from a pedo organisation getting off on technicality

Imagine how sad a life you must live, Bruce, one has to wonder what sorta motivation someone has to actually go this far to stick up for a pedo organisation, I suspect they might be pretty deviant. I actually feel sorry for you, hope you seek the help you need

 

[BruceFromBalnarring]

Which, as you have consistently implied throughout this entire trial, is the survivors of sexual abuse.
We are the ones who are 'making it up'.
We are the ones who have an axe to grind about 'your' church, or any other church.
You know, because life leads us to have nothing better to do than make up stuff because we don't like someones preferred cult.
Because it's just fun to place yourself in the biggest Supreme Court trial in this country's history that I know of, embarrass yourself publicly via your evidence and then open yourself up to a huge perjury suit.

And then, you know...just live like nothing bad ever happened to you and the inevitable media intrusion.
Because, yeah, life has been kind to you.

I implied nothing of the sort. You inferred it.

 

[Craven Morehead]

I implied nothing of the sort. You inferred it.

You have constantly and insistently stated that the key witness in this case made shit up in some sort of "get Pell" conspiracy.
You're a grub.

 

[BruceFromBalnarring]

You have constantly and insistently stated that the key witness in this case made s**t up in some sort of "get Pell" conspiracy.
You're a grub.

“In this case.”

 

[HairyO]

Shifted, as in paedos around the country?

NSW and QLD Education departments used to routinely swap teachers who had been accused by students. The teachers would be given the choice of being fired or moved. Not sanctioned.

 

[Elroo]

How anyone can defend the repugnant organisation known as the Catholic Church let alone this convicted child rapist Pell is beyond me! Good riddance to rubbish.

 

[Wind Guard]

.....obviously Christian ethics and morals are compatible with the ideology of the IPA so George needed to be present at the IPA 70th anniversary dinner in order represent the Catholic Church and little baby Jesus.

 

[Opine]

How anyone can defend the repugnant organisation known as the Catholic Church let alone this convicted child rapist Pell is beyond me! Good riddance to rubbish.

It is absolutely defensible.
It is ludicrous to imply, as you have, that the actions of few reasonably represent the vast majority of Catholics and or the Catholic Church generally.
So ludicrous is your reasoning, that if applied with the same level of irresponsibly, and absence of logic, it could just as unreasonably be argued that male homosexuals are generally, by association, as repugnant as pedophiles who share the same sexual orientation.