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The incredible national news story that we CAN'T report:very high-profile figure has been convicted
www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | Published: 06:57 EST, 12 December 2018 | Updated: 06:57 EST, 12 December 2018 | By Aidan Wondracz For Daily Mail Australia

Posted on 12/12/2018 9:04:07 AM PST by Red Badger

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The incredible national news story that we CAN'T report: A very high-profile figure has been convicted of a serious crime - here's why you're not allowed to read about it

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A suppression order protected the conviction of a high-profile figure this week

The person was convicted on Tuesday and will be remanded in February

Victorian County Court has ordered a gag on the person's identity and charges

The state accounts for more than half of suppression orders doled out in country

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A very high-profile figure has been convicted of a serious crime this week, but suppression orders have prevented Australian media outlets including Daily Mail Australia from reporting on it.

The well-known person has attracted significant media attention throughout their trial, and was only convicted on Tuesday.

The conviction came on the second attempt, after a jury could not decide a verdict during an earlier trial.

The Victorian County Court first brought in the suppression order after the first trial.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: australia; catholic; catholicchurch; crime; downunder; pedophiles; secret; vatican
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Who can it be, now?.....................
1 posted on 12/12/2018 9:04:07 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/an-awful-crime-the-person-is-guilty-but-we-cant-publish-the-story-ng-4be7ee27075d4fb302aae9989c40ad34


2 posted on 12/12/2018 9:05:03 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Thanks for getting the Men At Work song stuck in my head for the rest of the day.


3 posted on 12/12/2018 9:05:11 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Red Badger

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/why-the-media-is-unable-to-report-on-a-case-that-has-generated-huge-interest-online-20181212-p50lta.html


4 posted on 12/12/2018 9:05:28 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Does he come from a land down under?


5 posted on 12/12/2018 9:06:12 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

G’Day, Mate!....................


6 posted on 12/12/2018 9:06:16 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

What did Hellary do in Australia?


7 posted on 12/12/2018 9:06:40 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Red Badger

Glenn Beck will let us know in a couple of weeks. (/sarc)


8 posted on 12/12/2018 9:07:17 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Red Badger

Cardinal Pell, I believe.


9 posted on 12/12/2018 9:07:26 AM PST by The Man
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To: NorthMountain

Yes, Where women glow and men plunder......
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover!


10 posted on 12/12/2018 9:07:34 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Is this Pell? I haven’t seen as much on his conviction as I would expect, but I have seen a story or two and I think his case fits the outlined parameters.


11 posted on 12/12/2018 9:08:25 AM PST by Hieronymus ((It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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To: Red Badger

Assagne?


12 posted on 12/12/2018 9:08:27 AM PST by LouisianaJoanof Arc (The future is best decided by ballots, not bullets. Ronald Reagan 1984)
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To: Red Badger

Should have stayed away from that man in Bombay

You know ...

The one with a slack jaw, and not much to say.


13 posted on 12/12/2018 9:09:03 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: LouisianaJoanof Arc

Pell................


14 posted on 12/12/2018 9:11:32 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

In Britain and Australia it sounds like the government has taken a cue from the MSM and is deciding what stories should and shouldn’t be reported on.


15 posted on 12/12/2018 9:11:34 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: The Man

Seems so..................


16 posted on 12/12/2018 9:11:50 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

"...oh yeah,well I'll just hold my breath till ya tell me"

17 posted on 12/12/2018 9:11:54 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Hieronymus

Most Likely...............


18 posted on 12/12/2018 9:12:07 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

OMG, did someone use a gay-slur in public???!!!


19 posted on 12/12/2018 9:12:08 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Red Badger

I think it’s the third highest ranking member of the Catholic church— a Cardinal who was convicted of child sexual abuse.


20 posted on 12/12/2018 9:12:42 AM PST by jimbug
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