The Institute of Public Affairs' Daniel Wild says given the 'egregious miscarriage of justice' in the George Pell case from the very beginning, 'every senior officer involved in that taskforce need to resign'.
The Institute of Public Affairs' Daniel Wild says given the "egregious miscarriage of justice" in the George Pell case from the very beginning, "every senior officer involved in that taskforce need to resign". Mr Wild said the handling of the case by justice system in Victoria, and the coverage of it by the ABC "gets to very heart of a significant issue in this country".
"Which is declining trust in our major institutions whether it's the police, parliament, or the media". He told Sky News host Andrew Bolt the "persecution of George Pell tragically will never end," while the whole process has been a "shocking indictment [on] so many of our cherished institutions". "An indictment of course on so many in the media, particularly the ABC who have been disgraceful and appalling throughout this entire episode".
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
FIRST SIGHT OF PELL: Watch the moment George Pell is released from prison | Sky News AustraliaGeorge Pell has left Victoria's Barwon Prison after his sexual abuse conviction was overturned unanimously in the High Court.\n\nMr Pell spent 405 days in jail after an initial ruling found him guilty in 2018.\n\nCardinal Pell said he held “no ill will toward my accuser” adding “I don’t want my acquittal to add to the hurt and bitterness so many feel; there is certainly hurt and bitterness enough”. \n\nImage: Supplied\n\n
Read more »
To some Cardinal George Pell 'will always be guilty' | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Peta Credlin says the High Court's decision to unanimously quash the conviction of George Pell is not the end of the controversy because 'so many have invested so much in their campaign against him' for crimes others have committed.\n\nOn Tuesday, Carinal Pell had his sexual abuse conviction overturned by Australia's highest court after having spent 405 days in jail following an initial ruling which had found him guilty in 2018.\n\nMs Credlin said 'it was always going to be hard to find an unbiased jury' given the 'real failings of the church in coming to grips with the sexual abuse epidemic' and Cardinal Pell's 'seeming lack of empathy' when it comes to the plight of victims.\n\n'To some, Pell will always be guilty, regardless of the High Court's judgment, because all priests are suspect, and every complainant is to be believed,' she said.\n\nMs Credlin said following the initial guilty verdict in 2018 her faith in the two institutions which had 'done so much to shape my life' - the Catholic Church, and the law - had been seriously challenged.\n\n'After today's judgment, for me at least, the High Court has pretty much restored my faith in our legal system'.\n\nMs Credlin said as difficult, 'dispiriting and gut-wrenching' as the historical sexual abuse crimes which have been committed across the world including Australia may be, it 'cannot justify in the words of the High Court today 'a significant possibility that an innocent person has been convicted because the evidence did not establish guilt to the requisite standard of proof''.\n\nImage: AP
Read more »
Cardinal Pell 'became the scapegoat for his church': Andrew Bolt | Sky News AustraliaCardinal George Pell “should never have been convicted” with his persecution representing “one of this nation’s greatest miscarriages of justice,” according to Sky News host Andrew Bolt. \n\nMr Bolt said a “witch hunt” has permeated facets of society against the Cardinal, which has subsequently “ruined his reputation, destroyed his brilliant career” and “robbed him” of his freedom. \n\nOn Tuesday, Cardinal Pell had his sexual abuse conviction overturned by Australia’s highest court, in a unanimous decision, after having spent 405 days in jail following an initial ruling which had found him guilty in 2018.\n\nCardinal Pell had come out and said he holds “no ill will toward my accuser” adding “I don’t want my acquittal to add to the hurt and bitterness so many feel; there is certainly hurt and bitterness enough”.\n\nMr Bolt said shame should fall upon the “state institutions which tried so destroy a man loathed by the Left as a conservative and chosen by the mob to be the scapegoat for his church.”\n\n“Shame also on the ABC, our national broadcaster, for hysterically promoting damaging claims against Pell that all turned out to be too absurd to lead to charges, or too flimsy to go to trial, or now, too weak to survive an appeal”. \n\nMr Bolt also showed a recreation of the alleged timeline of events which were levelled against Cardinal Pell saying, “neither Pell, the supposed criminal, nor his victims could have been at the scene of the crime at the only time the crime was possible”. \n\n“It seems the High Court agreed”.\n\nImage: AP
Read more »
State institutions were ‘very cosy’ during the Cardinal Pell lawsuit | Sky News AustraliaACU Vice-Chancellor Gregory Craven says the lawsuit against George Pell was in reality “an atrocious and deeply frightening” campaign run by “The Victorian Police and the ABC”. \n\nOn Tuesday, sex abuse convictions laid against Cardinal Pell were overturned by Australia’s highest court after he spent 405 days in jail following an initial ruling which found him guilty in 2018.\n\nMr Craven said for months the Victorian police would give interviews speaking of “charges that would be made” and referring complainants as victims.\n\n'Just by coincidence these would be made at exactly the point when the ABC would be ready to breathlessly report them in the most extraordinary way,” he said.\n\nMr Craven said “the coercive power of the state was engaged in a very cosy deal with the national broadcaster'. \n\nSky News host Andrew Bolt said “state institutions really need to take a serious look at themselves”. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia
Read more »
ABC ‘played a vindictive role’ in ‘attacking’ Cardinal Pell: Kenny | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Chris Kenny says the whole Cardinal Pell “saga” was “nurtured, encouraged and vindictively promoted by the national broadcaster”. \n\nOn Tuesday, Cardinal Pell had his sexual abuse conviction overturned by Australia’s highest court, in a unanimous decision, after having spent 405 days in jail following an initial ruling which had found him guilty in 2018.\n\n“The fall-out from the Pell case will go on for a long while yet,” Mr Kenny said. \n\nHe said the Cardinal “was wrongly convicted, wrongly imprisoned and a grave injustice was done”. \n\n“Clearly, many who are understandably sickened by the sins of some within the Catholic church, wanted to make an example of George Pell”. \n\nMr Kenny said the ABC has “attacked” those who claimed Pell’s innocence and continues to play “media games”. \n\nHe said work must be done to ensure “we can have faith in the police and law enforcement authorities, and in the justice system”.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n
Read more »
Andrew Bolt sensationally hits back at Ray Hadley following Pell acquittal | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Andrew Bolt has sensationally hit out at Ray Hadley, calling the radio broadcaster a 'coward' for not airing his 'right of reply' following the acquittal of Cardinal Pell on historic sexual abuse charges. \n\nMr Bolt said the 2GB host should apologise for his abuse of the 'few of us' who 'dared' to say George Pell was innocent. \n\nEarlier this year Mr Hadley had claimed Andrew Bolt was 'soft on pedophiles,' something which Bolt vehemently denied.\n\n'I'm not soft of pedophiles, what I'm very strong on is defence of innocent people,' Mr Bolt said. \n\n'In this case I was right Ray Hadley, and you were wrong, very wrong'. \n\nMr Bolt said he had called Ray Hadley's radio show on Wednesday to discuss the High Court's verdict, which unanimously found Cardinal Pell was innocent, and to ask for an apology. \n\n'He refused, it didn't air ... coward'. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n
Read more »