The Contradictions of the Choirboy (Cardinal Pell case Australia)

Quadrant Magazine (Australia) ^ | 1st September 2019 | Keith Windschuttle

[naturalman1975]

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The case against the choirboy’s credibility:

# The sacristy had been renovated since 1996 and did not look the same as it did then. The choirboy saw the renovated room in 2016 and declared it looked the same as it did in 1996. Therefore, his memory is suspect.

# The choirboy testified that he had only been in the sacristy once, at the time of the sexual assault, but it is highly probable he saw inside it several times before and after December 1996 in both an introductory tour of the cathedral and as the boys went back and forth along the sacristy corridor. Therefore, there are reasonable grounds for believing he is not telling the whole truth.

# The choirboy testified that all his own hopes and those of his family, were tied up in his success in the cathedral choir and St Kevin’s College. Yet he jeopardised that future by breaking the rules for choirboys when he left the choral procession, went into the prohibited area of the sacristy, and drank the altar wine. But he still maintained he was completely dedicated to behaving properly: “I was more focused on being um, doing the right thing as a choirboy.” The Court of Appeal should have recognised that the whole case against George Pell was grounded in this contradiction, and thrown it out.

[naturalman1975]

The whole article is worth reading for people who want to further understand why a great people feel there has been a miscarriage of justice in this case.

[PraiseTheLord]

Could there be any hope that some people could be sued, bigly - - -

[melsec]

As someone who was an Alter Boy back in the late 60s/early 70s I can remember everything about the sacresty, Alter Boy rooms, clothing and even the way the place smelled. Getting it wrong is sort of damning in my thinking.

[TChad]

Thanks for posting the articles on this.