AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun
November 2, 2016
THE media last week missed the big story about Cardinal George Pell, target of the most vicious witch hunt. The case against Pell — that he covered up for paedophile priests — is falling to bits.
Last week the royal commission, which grilled Pell for many hours, surprisingly decided to publish the final submissions of its counsel assisting, Gail Furness. I heard Furness go for Pell as he sat in the witness box for four days in March. She treated him with contempt, it seemed to me. Her submissions are not findings — that’s up to the royal commissioners — but do represent Furness’s best case against Pell.
To which I say: is this all you’ve got? Is this all anyone can pin on the man who was branded “scum” in the Tim Minchin song played on high rotation by the ABC? Who was attacked in the media as a “liar”, “sociopath”, “coward” and “dangerous individual”?
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