Full Cardinal George Pell interview with Andrew Bolt
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Cardinal George Pell has revealed he is ashamed of the Catholic Church for the way it dealt with the “cancer” of child sex abuse in the past.
In an exclusive world-first televised interview with Sky News Australia presenter Andrew Bolt, Cardinal Pell talks candidly about the scourge of child abuse within his own church and how the many failures to act still haunt him today.
“It was like a cancer … we had to cut it out,” he said.
“I totally condemn these sorts of activities, and the damage that it’s done to people.
“One of the things that aggrieves me is the suggestion that I’m anti-victim, or not sufficiently sympathetic. I devoted a lot of time and energy to try to save them, to get justice, to get help and to get compensation.”
Cardinal Pell also shone light on the 405 days he spent locked up for seven child sex offences which were eventually quashed by the High Court of Australia.
He befriended several inmates, including a convicted murderer, and witnessed the devastation ice addiction had on those around him.
Cardinal Pell explained he felt flat following his release but he felt no “anger or hostility” towards his accuser.
He hopes to transition into a quiet life of gardening where he could focus on growing roses and cabbage.
Cardinal Pell, pray for us.
I am an atheist, and the catholic church has much to answer for, but this case shocks me to the core. Victoria needs to reassess it's institutional impartiality. The ABC needs to be disbanded. None of this will happen of course. All in all a stain on Australian history.
You are a straight shooter Joe Dennehy. Respect
Sadly Joe, Australia in fact has a bit of history of dodgy court cases, innocent people wrongly convicted!
An atheist? Don't you see the power of belief and how it kept George strong?
Thanks Joe, much respect for your love of the truth. I'll always respect real atheists who are lovers of the truth ❤️
God bless you
@@Inaworldoflove yes it kept him strong and good on him, but just as you dont believe in Santa claus or the tooth fairy, due to lack of evidence I dont believe in Allah wotan zuess apollo or your God, for the same reason.
I was honestly happy to hear that George Pell was freed and I was no fan but now I think he deserves more positive coverage for standing up for his values.
The ABC needs to be defunded immediately. It's clear they are not fit to be out National Broadcaster. Scott Morrison! Do your job!
@@troig43 ha ha idiot good yeah with that peanut
The Abc are sowing seeds of its own destruction....soon
Its amazing from this interview how many retarded below mean IQs populate Australia.....that imported gene 200 years ago.....
Here is the proof that the ABC was behind all this scum: Andrew Bolt calls out the media who were 'dominant on the Pell pile on' ua-cam.com/video/wFZeIoS5j3M/v-deo.html
“Culture wars are real “- very true Cardinal
This lynching was never about any "victims" it was all about taking a scalp in the culture wars and sending a warning to the rest us normies to stay away from conservative viewpoints.
Anne Rampa so is the war against peodophiles.
Wow. I love Catholic bots.
Mono Woman Stan who?
shane ryan his name is Satan and I think she is inferring that Cardinal Pell is Satan. Thank god someone did. I’ve been thinking it all morning.
Thank you Mr Bolt, for God will have a special seat in heaven for you 🙏 ❤️.
I am a Catholic and a South African possibly the investigative and justice systems in Australia needs to come under international scrutiny.
Have always believed that truth and justice is inherent, applicable to all people. If one allows ones biased or hatred to cloud one's judgment a justice system is corrupt.
@Corruption Fighter Have no interest in defending anything corrupt. This has nothing to do with your country. It has a lot to do with justice. Hopefully if the innocent get convicted in South Africa you would defend them.
It's the state of Victoria most particularly. My state unfortunately.
This is disgusting and many journos need to bite the dust and be investated for perjury.Need to take an eagle eye into the justice system in Victoria it stinks and all Australia should be disgusted in their justice system.People in that system need also be investigated and sent to jail for their pathetic obstuction of justice.I am also a SAfrican and catholic.
Remember pell was roommates with gerald ridsdale, the notorious boy-humper.
so all child abusers should be granted benefit of the doubt and spared judgement because of the lack of concrete proof? that's just the problem isn't it, the victims are children and their testimony isn't viewed as concrete evidence. however the mounting cases against the cardinal certainly spark some suspicious does it not?
I found Cardinal Pell a holy man. His faith is so strong amidst suffering which people can copy. I’m very proud to be a Catholic Christian. Thank you Andrew for the interview and for believing in him.
Saved as if by fire.
Editha Vimpany I agree, he is a modern day saint. Many of the saints were severely persecuted.
@dodeca hedron EXACTLY. LOL
Mono Woman there are no christians outside the Catholic Church Christ gave one key to the Catholic Church they wrote the new testement if you have a problem with that you can argue with Christ god bless
was he holy even while he raped children? You are very proud to be an arogant piece of shit then. Who do you think you are to deem yourself better than other people. divinely annointed moral corpse you are.
Pell... I can't travel to Australia due to ill health...3-years later...Let me out of here, I want to get back to Rome in a hurry...Two days later, Pell landed in Rome in one go!
...so?
@@ladybug591 Pell is a liar.
@@benjaminfalzon4622 no he isn't
Andrew Bolt is an absolute champion of justice.
Thank you for your steadfast courage to speak your mind
God Bless Andrew Bolt for bringing this story of Cardinal Pell
Lorry Camill Pray with me "Chaplet of the Divine Mercy”:
ua-cam.com/video/2yzkn3XLn3U/v-deo.html
What is most interesting in this interview is not Pell.
It is Andrew Bolt, a good and fair outspoken man who himself has been unfairly judged.
I have told you by private email Andrew, now I say it publicly, YOU ARE A GOOD MAN MR. BOLT .
He just talks sense! 2 or 3 years ago I wouldnt have said I liked him. But I listened to his take on various things. Much more logic and sense came out of his mouth than other parts of the mainstream media on all sorts of issues. Bolt's a very important voice in this country.
rexjames001 hey Rex, where’s my private email 😭.
akin to Mr. John Pilger imho.
@@matthewbarker9957 i sent it did you not recieve it... what was it again?
rexjames001 I didn’t! What did it say?
Seems as if the Victorian Police have gotten hold of Adam Schiff's playbook on "How to run continual accusations against a selected target".
At the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses EVERY matter be established. Its not in the Bible 5 times for no reason.
Damn right. My wife & I knew from the very first accusation that Pell was absolutely innocent.The man hasn't got a deviate bone in his body!
Did you know that Adam Schiffs great uncle was a Wall Street bankster and funded the Russian Revolution. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree!
Well done Andrew for a great interview. You stand for the TRUTH. George Pell should never have been convicted in the first place. Those who falsely accused him have broken the ten commandments of God:
" Do not bear FALSE witness"
Well they will have to answer to God Almighty for persecuting a servant of God. Congratulations Cardinal for standing up for what you believe and for not caving in to the riff raffs of society.
The ABC tried to destroy him. Instead they played a part in creating a living martyr. Lol
@@shaneryan9040 I know 7 people in the high court who would disagree. You are entitled to your opinion though. you cant right a wrong with another wrong
Well said Shane 💪💪💪💪♥️
It's always good to know people high places. Just remember judges have family's too.
Corruption at its highest levels.
@@suzzy1790 agreed! at the Victorian level. THe ABC needs to be investigated as well
Awesome non biased Interview , very deep, smart journalism, well done Mr Bolt.
Andrew Bolt being non-biased? Give me a break
@DarkHorse ahh violence, the refuge of the fool
@@Dd-ue4ct He is biased, of course, against the totalitarianism that corrupts the left’s natural desire for social justice.
Judy S. slow down egg head.
Dear Andrew Bolt, thankyou for conducting this interview in the impartial manner that you have. Their contemptible, libellous, Marxist, ABC, who are, indeed, supported by Catholic taxes, mine, amongst others, could learn a thing, or three, about journalistic integrity, and professionalism, from your good self. Once again, thankyou!
Another thing that bothers me was how HIS lawyer tried to say he was out of his normal mind when he committed the crime. Why would he allow his lawyer to use that if he was 100% innocent??? Why did he plead “ guilty “ if he was innocent?????
“Peter, you are a rock, and on this rock I will build my church”. How did a church with such a solid foundation get to the point where it is crumbling? The stench of the paedophile scandals is still pungent. The immeasurable corruption at the Vatican. These things are irreparably damaging the credibility and the whole point of existence of the Roman Catholic Church. I grew up in a small rural parish in Ireland, I served on the Altar as an Altar boy. Went to different events organised for young people by the Parish Priests. I had thought of giving my own life to the church such was my experience throughout my growing up. I even met the girl I would eventually marry at a World Youth Day event organised by Pope John Paul II. I never witnessed any of the bad stuff. I go with my wife and young family to Mass regularly and I always feel like it’s a grounding point for my week. But lately I have been feeling immense sadness when I attend Mass. Because of these wrongdoings. These shameful sickening acts carried out by members of my church and covered up by others. And the sense that we are still trying to cover things up. And there’s no moral leadership any more. The priest can’t open his mouth about moral issues. The church has lost its solid foundation. I think about those who passed the faith to me. My parents teachers and parishioners. How they must feel. I think about the victims of abuse whose lives have been destroyed. I also think about the humble, honest priests who were part of my Catholic upbringing. Who lived for the word of God. Whose vocations have been tarnished by actions of others. Also I have witnessed Good people being used as scapegoats by the Media, whose lives have been destroyed not through fault of their own but because of the actions of others in historical abuse cases. In their pursuit of a headline they need someone to blame and go after an easy target. I have witnessed first hand the damage that has caused to someone who was totally misrepresented in the media. I have been struggling with my conscience because of this and for this reason I wrote a lengthy letter to my local Parish Council with evidence I had on one such case. (The person has since been cleared of any wrong doing). I didn’t even get an acknowledgement yet alone a reply. If the Church is not here to defend the innocent against miscarriage of justice, or protect them from an unjustified media campaign, then what is the point? Be not afraid. Lead us in the path of riteousness. If God is truly on our side then who could possibly be against us?
Jon Byrne. 1958 was the the first recognisable nail of freemason revolution in the catholic coffin. It has been relentless ever since. Our Lady of Good Success in Quito in 1610 spelt out about this false church, the one that has apostatized, and heading to hell in a basket. Not one pope since 1917 has obeyed the Consecration wishes of Our lady, and now we have the result. And not once, since 1958, has any pope had the courage to stand against the apostates to firmly uphold traditionalism, in a voice heard all around the world! Your cry of frustration is shared by those who are traditional and faithful believers. This is no time to quote sanctimonious and pious platitudes to you, instead reach for your beads. They are our real weapon, and only consolation, when even the Vatican has turned away from their vows to Christ, and abandoned their flocks. It's far too late for Man to save himself, that ship sailed a long time ago: no, Christ, the just judge will come to get His people while telling others that "I don't know you....."
I too feel your frustration. And I know the church will survive through this hardship because it is still filled with an immensity of good people. The truth and logos always prevail in the end. My spirits have been lifted by visiting websites like Lifesite and reading the comments.
Our economy is going to shite, but protecting a liar is more important. Good on ya Andrew Cult.
Thank you Andrew Bolt for being you.
I am a Catholic since I was little (not a good one offcourse) but I am pretty comfortable how I am so far. I have heard so many beautiful story about forgiveness but I never seen something so real like this. I still don't understand what make him do that? He literally has been destroyed to his very core as far as humanly concerned. But he still have a strength to forgive his enemy? After all these has happened to him? Why? What for? Those people clearly said they wanted him dead and rotten in hell. Why he still give them favour by forgive them? The will never forgive him in return or at least be nice to him. So why bother? What's the point of doing that? He has so many supporters including those 2 ex-prime ministers. He could've easily turn around by utilising his powerful contacts around the world to crush his enemies as easy as turning his palm. And he still chooses to give forgiveness? Is he running out of options? I think this is insane and It doesn't make any sense at all. I know I might clearly lack of faith but honestly I couldn't do what he does. Maybe he has something or some being with him which empower him that makes those things that happen to him looks like nothing. In the other hand, he must have a great power so he is able to do all of this. If anything I hope one day I could learn a little tiny bit of this to make me a better person.
Because bitterness is a cancer. To let go and let God take care of everything is actually the only way to recover a quality of life
He does it because Jesus said "love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."
Obviously Cardinal Pell believes that, when we die to this world, ALL truths of what has happened, what he has done (good, bad, indifferent) etc, what WE HAVE ALL DONE, will be bought to account! There are only three options: Heaven (forgiven/sinless for whole life), Purgatory (cleansing of all minor offences against our God or Hell where an individual HAS NOT repented/confessed their sins, which really have offended God ( WE take ourselves to hell, as we do NOT believe that God has saved us and we want to "be with our mates" suggest Mao, Hitler, et al). I would NOT like to have been an unrepentant Priest/anyone in charge of children etc who had practiced being a pedo!
Thank God its over... im so so sorry for what you endured
Miscarriages of justice when they happen are horrific- I don’t know anything this man - but his dignity shine through the interview - amazing for the lack of rancour on his part
@Megan Cox Actually he has Heavenly Riches which are present eternal (over worldly financial "wealth" needed a few decades while on earth)
@Iain Herridge The Truth Will Set all Free from lies
His body language looks open and honest
That’s because he’s talking to his mate bolt, do you seriously think that he’ll be asked hard hitting questions from someone who has supported him throughout this whole thing, pell’S guilty as fuck.
He has had much practice . This freak must be bashed by an angry mob on live stream
@@annoyingchannel8812 the freak is guilty as sin
@@annoyingchannel8812 you are probably a disgusting nonce too
N how so ... Bloody oedo
Cardinal Pell continues to act with great dignity and sincerity.
Didnt he defend pedos when they were in trial?
@@salokin3087: No.
congratulations Sky News for having such a formidable voice like Andrew Bolt on your team. A most true journalist.
Mr Pell seems like a lovely man, I would love to have a cup of tea with him.
Is he ashamed of his own actions? Child sex abuse is a witness-less crime. The Court found him guilty through a jury of our peers. The appeals court found that there was no basis for an appeal. And though the Supreme Court found Witness J to be a Credible, and reliable witness, it stated that this was not enough to convict him? What was more deplorable was that the Supreme Court took more probability that his custom was to stand out the front.
This may have been the case, but I guarantee that this was not always the case straight after mass, especially on this occasion.
Professor Michael McAuley, president of the St Thomas More Society who has practised as a barrister for more than 35 years, said it was hard to see how the High Court could have come to a different decision “without serious damage to its own reputation”.
Witness J was found to be a Credible, and reliable witness in the eyes of the high court. And dispute what many Catholics and Pell supporters have posted about him which are all unfounded and extremely un-Christian, his motives in coming forward was to tell the truth, which the high court found. So to not get a third conviction, is a sign of a broken system. www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-21/george-pells-surviving-victim-reacts-to-appeal-dismissal/11434894 . This was not about supporting any movement, or financial gain for him, or political sides.
Our legal system doesn't allow previous allegations, and other court hearings to be heard in a new case, but this is not the first time that Pell has been in court for allegations of child abuse. In June 2002, Pell stands aside while he is investigated by the church over an accusation that he sexually abused a 12-year-old altar boy at a youth camp on Phillip Island in 1961 while a seminarian. Pell denies the allegations. The verdict of the retired judge is not proven but not dismissed. For 2 new boys to come forward is a server indictment on him.
Prior to this, in 1973 Pell lives in the parish house of St Alipius in Ballarat East with the pedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale. Pell has always maintained he never knew Ridsdale was abusing children. But this is later disputed during the Royal Commission into institutional sexual abuse of Children. Ridsdale was a prolific sex offender who abused children throughout Victoria from the 1960s to the 1980s. What Pell may have known of Ridsdale’s offending and that of other paedophile priests becomes the subject of much of the royal commission’s later questioning.
September 1979 Pell is part of a meeting that discusses Ridsdale’s resignation from Edenhope and a meeting in January 1980 that approves sending the priest to the National Pastoral Institute in Elsternwick. Though Ridsdale is taken away from easy access to young children there, he continues to offend.
1993 Pell supports Ridsdale during his first court appearance for child sex offences. Ridsdale is convicted between 1993 and 2013 of abuse and indecent assault charges against 54 children. In 2017 Ridsdale pleads guilty to further charges of abusing 11 children.
2001 Pell is appointed archbishop of Sydney, where he now oversees the Towards Healing program. The royal commission in 2014 later finds that during this period Pell and the Sydney archdiocese spent more than $1m fighting a legal claim by an abuse victim, John Ellis, to discourage others from attempting the same.
Can you see a pattern.... Pell’s release doesn’t make him innocent, it only means he has been found not guilty in the eyes of man and woman, and only the two alive survivors (witness J and Pell) of that abuse know what went on. Witness J has told the truth, and as far as he is concerned, he is free from his debt to his friend to come forward and shed light to the events that had transpired.
Pell has been instrumental in covering up previous sexual abuse crimes, and no doubt he is a master in covering up his own.
So true Richard...
Thank you for your witness, Cardinal Pell. I'm very happy that justice was finally done.
So you never heard about the letter he SIGNED detailing the Abuse he was accused of involvement with?
That would be "cute" if you had an excuse, but as someone with the ability to REASON, you're just being willfully ignorant & you don't have an excuse for that...
You just like Brainwashing yourself because you're in Denial & you're too much of a Coward to face reality...
Truly Cardinal Pell the truth has set you free. GOD BLESS YOU. you have faced your accusers and you are innocent of the false accusations on you. I prayed for you along with catholic priest.
Please lodge a complaint to ABC about their poor journalism.
I did on the very first day of the overturn
Do not even think that you will succeed. The ABC has to be dis-funded and disbanded.
Nik Swetlov yeah it still gets them to know that we Australian’s know what they are up to!!
ABC is full of fucking shit all the time. . .
And do so for every other news outlet in the world. And Facebook. And UA-cam. Why can't we just believe whatever we feel like, sounds good and fits our beliefs?
Prayers repentance forgiveness it all helps. We are catholic Christian's. We have great faith in the power above
I do not believe George Pell when he said that he didn't know any of his victims.
"My God, my God! What are you up to?" Profound and strong man.
He was a Gods servant a true one who jail for the crime he never did
Cardinal George Pell’s humility is amazing. He could have came out of prison swinging and denouncing all those who wronged him. Instead he has shown great love and said he does not wish to assign negative motives to the people that attempted to destroy his life. What a great Catholic Cardinal we have.
David Jones How long did that take you to come up with?
David Jones Who told you that? Your pastor in skinny jeans? You do realize that it was Catholic investigators that found the pedos that snuck into the Catholic hierarchy. Meanwhile Protestant preachers just be scamming people for money and doing nasty things behind closed doors. The fact that you just blatantly insult an institution that founded western civilization and is the largest charity group in the world with nothing but baseless propaganda is very telling about what kind of person you are.
@@strive4252 'institution that founded western civilization' do you mean Charlemagne? who united most of western Europe for the first time since the classical era of the Roman empire. Bear in mind he also instituted the Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae.... 'if any one of the race of the Saxons hereafter concealed among them shall have wished to hide himself unbaptized, and shall have scorned to come to baptism and shall have wished to remain a pagan, let him be punished by death' The massacre of Verden could hardly be considered civilised.
Boglerun Charlemagne was impactful sure, but he was just a person who took strong action in the 9th century. It was the Catholic monks that provided the education it was the Catholic nuns who created the Hospital it was the Catholic Pope who crowned Charlemagne king and it is the Catholic Church that is still here to this day long after any semblance of the Roman or Holy Roman Empire.
@@strive4252 It is catholic priests who raped & abused children in their care, the catholic church that turned a blind eye, the catholic church that ruled against contraceptives in the fight for HIV & unwanted pregnancies. Let's not forget M Teresa who let her (hospital) patients die in agony.....the list goes on & on.
This is such a beautiful interview!
He forgot to say we need GOOD JOURNALISTS and not these ‘judge and jury journalists’! I’m sick of the journalists that decide for all of society that their contrived verdict should stick way before the actual court held arguments are heard. What is the actual name for these people, as their really not journalists but tabloid writers.
The acquittal of Cardinal George Pell, by 7-0 judges on the 7thof April is a proven fact that GOD ALWAYS
HEAR HIS LOWLY ONES , when they called unto him, during Cardinal Pell's solitude in the prison , from the unjust,corrupt system, my only last resort was ROSARY,ROSARY TO OUR BLESSED EVER VIRGIN MOTHER MARY, THE TRUTH HAS PREVAILED,AVE MARIA..
Thanks, Andrew...John 3:16...Come onboard, Brother...
Suffering for something you did is justice. Suffering for something you DIDN'T do is a Grace from God.
Thank you Andrew, l have watched your interview now several times, it amazes me the faith and strength of people. God Bless you both❤️SandraTaylor
When Pell was summoned to Australia from Rome, George Pell said that he can't make the trip due to illness and that he wouldn't survive the flight from Rome. Pell tried every trick in the book to avoid Australian law...Then George took breaks during the trip due to his so-called ill health ...finally, at 3-years older and a stint in jail Pell health problems vanished and he flew back to Rome without a break... This time round Pell reached Rome in one go, he couldn't get back to Rome fast enough.
So what is your point?
@@marskinlan2034 Do I need to spell it out?...OK then. MY point is that Pell is a compulsive liar.
Thanks for this interview, Mr Bolt. I was anxious to hear Cardinal Pell speak after all his suffering. I was convinced the Cardinal's faith would keep him strong, though.
Yeah faith in the devil 🤣
Oh my God this man is good and humble. He even saw this experience as a retreat of prayer. And to think that at some point I believed this rubbish said against him. He is a man of God for real🙏🏼
God bless Pell🙏🏼💙, people hated him just because he was Catholic. Unbelievable.
I heard of the case (I think) years ago. BUT, I did try to find information to be fair in judgement. Now I see what society can do to people without proper cause or proof of guilt. That he was convicted in the first place is a mystery to me, given the circumstances. I am not christian, but I am happy, that justice prevailed!
Not only that, people HATE the man, and are calling him a 'pedo' in dozens of comments on here, despite the high court eviscerating the guilty verdict. People seem to believe whatever the media throws at them.
As a victim of clergy abuse I remember being so happy justice was finally being done to someone in the hierarchy. This poor man has suffered unspeakable injustice. While the real rapists still roam free
The point is there was no abuse. All the allegations were false to frame the innocent man.
@@yanallaa8586 that was my point also. A totally innocent man goes to jail and the guilty remain free
YOUR A JOKE!
That’s great you see it that way, not all are bad.
I'm not religious, but I enjoyed this video. I'm glad Mr. Pell is now free. No tolerance for pedos!!
I knew from day one you were innocent , we love you so much , just keep serving God Cardinal.
Will Justices Anne Ferguson and Chris Maxwell be held accountable for dismissing Pell's grounds for appeal?! Will anyone bring to question their suitability to judge on any cases in the future, considering they failed so badly in their duty in this case?
They appealed to their "feelings" rather than evidence and fact, and have been utterly disgraced by the 7-0 unanimous decision of the Supreme Court.
Gerard Henderson wrote that Cardinal Pell is considered a progressive in many social issues. I don't think so.
Wasn't it the State's Attorney that brought the charges as Police do not bring charges! They gather the evidence for State Attorney's thoughtful deliberation before charge are brought. In America, he was labeled guilty as charged right from the start.
I remember that. When I first heard of this case I was completely disgusted and followed the media as they reported it, believing the Cardinal was guilty before the trial.
When Pennsylvania did their grand jury report on pedophile priests, sadly many priests were found guilty with evidence and the situations they were guilty of were horrific. Many had confessed to their crimes by the time of the grand jury report, but many had died long before this, and some had confessed to church hierarchy. Of course many were never held for at least questioning.
We didn't cave... We prayed and prayed!
God bless you Cardinal Bell
Wow Thankyou for a unbiased view . Respect . I seen Mr bolt in your eyes humility you seen true innocence of a proper catholic priest . He seen a true saint of Jesus Christ suffer . Yet George pell choose to walk his cross . He’s a true catholic priest unlike the masons that are trying to infiltrate the Catholic Church . The gates of hell will never prevail against the true men of God .
Massive infiltration of Freemasons in Vic Pol
Its not unbiased they're long time friends sorry but friendship is very biased
Glen Collins I’m unsure of their friendship . But since you .”So called “say they are friends ok . We can agree to some extent . But Abc news and most other news stations are fake left wing news .to some extent their is some truth. it’s silly dumb people with a closed mind that believe everything they say on the News . Their “anti religion” And My God they can twist shit around. Now instead of your excuses give the poor guy a break .listen to what he’s got to say 👂.
If he didn't do it he knew people who did.
There's something dark about Australian culture. It's not just a tall-poppy syndrome, which other cultures often have doses of - e.g., 'Jante Law'. It goes deeper than that. 'Groupthink' does not adequately describe it either, again, given that other cultures have it in various doses. 'Pack mentality', as Andrew described it in an earlier report, comes closer to the truth.
We can recognize the same dynamic playing out every so often in Australian culture. Lindy Chamberlain, for example. We see snapshots of the same mentality when overseas guests get shouted down for daring to challenge the status quo. Cassie Jaye, for example, whom Andrew interviewed.
Cardinal Pell was targeted not just because he was a 'tall poppy', but because he stood for something that Australians resent. Australians resent the individualist, the outspoken free-thinker who does not care what others think of him. Australians resent those whom they cannot touch. They are uncomfortable with freedom and individualism. How could it be otherwise? Australia began as a penal colony, where the only thing that the outspoken, individualistic free-thinker can count on is to have his opportunities, freedoms, lifestyle and even lifespan corralled and curtailed.
And yet, Australians still cannot touch Cardinal Pell, considering the dignity with which he survived the onslaught.
I agree. The jeering and all the comments calling him a 'pedo' despite his acquittal is really something else, it's revealing something truly dark about our culture and people.
I think this fantastic interview cured my Asthma!
There is no cure for asthma.
Josh that’s how good this interview was! 🤷🏼♂️
@@matthewbarker9957 So do you have asthma?
Josh not anymore!
@@matthewbarker9957 So you're saying that before you watched this interview, you had asthma, and after you watched it you're cured of it? Wow, that must be a miracle...
What about all the other allegations of inappropriate behaviour ( touching - groping in swimming pools etc) levelled against him? I understand that he cannot/should not be convicted for crimes he is not charged with but it's very difficult to believe that this is a totally innocent man.
Well said!! 💪💪💪👍
Is there any evidence showing that he did that? Any bloke can accuse another bloke of doing something. But in court, we need to prove the accusations.
@@Kalimdor199Menegroth Many people have come forward before these charges claiming to be victims or witnesses of his inappropriate behaviour. Failure to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, his guilt on these charges does not mean he is not guilty of any sort of creepy behaviour.
@@lentheron8888 In front of the law, he is not guilty. The accusers needs to prove their accusations. Otherwise, everyone can accuse virtually everyone of things they may have done or may have not done without having the burden of proof. Failure to prove means that you are not guilty. I don't think there is any creepy behavior. The creepiest behavior is that coming from the accusers, who expect the entire world to believe their testimonies, without imposing on them the burden of proving their accusations. That is far more creepy and appalling, from a juridical perspective as it erases the innocent until proven guilty principle. Not to mention dangerous as lives of innocent men and women can be ruined if accusers no longer need to prove their accusations and all they need to do is to make judges believe in their testimonies.
@@lentheron8888 While there is a minority of church priests that have done appalling things to small children, that does not give the right to people to enact witch hunts and consider all priests as potential pedophiles.
I had this weird dream after watching this interview:
Satan: Mgr Pell, Mgr Pell, all you have to do is to break the Confession's
Rules of Secrecy to relieve yourself from this injustice.
Cardinal Pell: Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve'.
What do you mean?
Good Catholic priest must withold child abuse info to the law?
Is that a good thing?
Look what happened in Victoria!
🤔
Saving Catholic church some million bucks is a good thing that Pell did too? ... going against Satan too?
Did you dream about that as well?
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Not found guilty......doesn’t mean he is innocent.
Tha Truth sets you free Cardinal Pell. Live in peace... THANK YOU LORD.
AMEN
George pell spent a short time in prison the victims of predatory sexual abuse spend the rest of their life in a mental prison where there is no escape and no amount of money or counselling or pats on the back from kind people will ever eradicate the hurt and shame of the memories
Which they carry to their graves
Andrew blows his Bolt over George the Ped!
I said a rosary for Cardinal Pell in Oklahoma. I’m sure people all over the world did.❤️
Thank you Andrew for searching for and reporting the truth not biased with agendas like abc.
Eamonn and Patricia Keane
For years Cardinal Pell has been unjustly pursued by what can reasonably be judged an ideologically-driven mindset in the ABC. Coupled with the justice-denying efforts of the Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Victorian police force, Cardinal’s Pell’s resilience and bearing through all of this has been inspirational. When taken together with his charitable attitude to his accuser, Cardinal Pell has shown himself to be a man of such character and virtue that Australians in general would do well to emulate.
He was freed by the High Court but he will be judged in the spiritual high court. He's guilty of being a part of these crimes, he may be innocent as a human but his soul will be judged differently.
Thats the only comfort i have in this world is that god will judge theese demons in saying that they need death penalty
Cardinal Pell's conviction was one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in modern history. Thank God justice was finally served. The Victorian goverment owes Cardinal Pell a massive amount of restitution.
Thank you sky news for your dedication in the quest for truth, unlike the common mob who just want to hear what they like to hear.
Cardinal Pell is a hero of our age
No he’s fucking not. He covered up decades of child sexual abuse
Why? He was the man in charge of relocating predatory priests so they could reoffend, rather than removing them from the priesthood.
He was not a good man; regardless of whether he committed this one specific crimes
I love his response to the question of what God is up to.
Love this man of God
Bruh this dude probably help cover up so many cases of child sexual abuse. He may not be guilty of sexually abusing kids himself, but he definitely knew about other priests sexually abusing kids and allowed it to happen, and that's what I think he's truly guilty of and what he should go jail for.
@Matt Blaise Never said I had evidence, just my opinion. I think it's very reasonable to assume that a cardinal would know if priests in his area were sexually abusing kids. For example in Boston, there were written letters to Cardinal Bernard Law from parents of sexually abused kids, which he then proceeded to either do nothing or just simply move them to another parish. I would think it reasonable that there were similar cases here in Australia seeing as the catholic church has built this secrecy around the issue all over the world and especially with the number of people abused and the number of priests doing it.
Kind of sad George Pell, an archbishop who’s actually a GOOD BLOKE, gets screwed by some money-hungry guys going after someone because other members surrounding his line of “duty” have been convicted.
I understand people being angry, but they shouldn’t be for this. They should be angry at others that aren’t even at risk of being prosecuted (such as politicians or celebrities)
If schools taught critical thinking and logic we would not have juries that convict on emotion and stereotypes rather than logic and reason.
Andrew Bolt deserves the highest praise for his courageous witness to the miscarriage of justice committed against Cardinal Pell. God bless him! And God bless Cardinal Pell!
He's guilty. Pure and simple. Look at ALL the evidence. I'm so disappointed in Andrew Bolt.
I have never liked Cardinal Pell, but I thought there was not enough evidence to convict him of these charges. I was relieved when he was discharged. It does not matter whether he was guilty or not, what matters is that there is sufficient proof of his guilt. It is better for a guilty person to get away lightly than for an innocent person to be convicted for a crime that they did not commit. There is no proof one way or another in this case.
Leave him ALONE
He suffered too MUCH
But the sad part is he is not the only one
Yeah not the only pedophile getting away with crimes...
SKY NEWS Australia. - WHY DON'T YOU ADD CC - closed Captions for HEARING IMPAIRED -- WHEN you DOWNLOAD YOUR VIDEOS ??????
You can all lie to yourself about this but we all know this man hurt those boys
Im not here to judge any body. In relevance to Pell, I honestly think that majority number of people in Australia or even perhaps the world are not only aware, but have accepted the fact of abuse is not only shameful, but an ugly reality that has been present in the church since heaven knows when.
Metaphorically, I think we can safely say that perhaps, Pell was a "victim of circumstance" due to the crimes committed by certain individuals that clearly and consciously derelicted their Christian morals,principles,compassion, codes etcetera, when serving God in their duties.
In my opinion here is, that one of the precedents we set as the modern world in the Nuremberg trials following WWII, accountability and duty of care were established, overriding the chain of command rule unconditionally,among other executive rules and principals also.
At the realisation of abuse and crimes within the church, the top brass of the Vatican chose to keep it hush- hush and compensated the victims financially rather than setting up a safer system of firstly prevention, along with an independent body of authority to deal with the clean up and the prosecution of guilty individuals.
On the subject of suffering, the numerous amount of silent victims of the church, struggling to get by in life still today, therefore will always be present until it has been addressed and dealt with from the core.
G.Pell was one of the influential and respected figures that could have persuaded and/or even led the projects and operations of progressive achievement for not only the churches future, also his own by changing his destiny with good deed transgressions.
I dont belong to any denomination of any religious establishments, and certainly do not blame or talk down the Christian faith, or any other faith in any way what so ever, for I know that individual or collective faiths, ideologies are incapable of committing crimes and atrocities on their own accord without human intervention or aide. Karma though is looking more and more to win my heart as I get older and witness such events as G.Pell and alike events.
Was money the reason for the accusations!!!! My friend followed this case and said the boy made comment that he "didn't do it more money"when he said that it can be subconscious comment from guilt because why would a person say comment about money
Andy V but lawyers took the big part and they were suing the church for millions
@@lorrycamill941 I'm not referring about church just the boy accusations about being raped and saying he didn't do it for money
Just because people support you it doesn't mean you didn't touch up little boys in the bathroom.
Only you and your victims remember these feelings. And only you will sleep at night knowing how you got away with it.
Oh and let’s not forget that good old cliche about altar boys and choirboys swigging the communion wine! That kind of kids’ fantasy was around when I was a little chorister. We LOVED telling tall tales about getting at the communion wine. And of course it’s such nonsense. Can’t believe anyone today would be silly enough to include it in a complaint against a priest!
I’m kinda sad for all of us. The purity of silence was never so loud and yet we never heard the truth.
I love how sky news allows people to comment. 9 news is a shame 👎
Not just 9 but all of them,only andrew bolt gave him a go. Look at how the Australian media & press handled the Israel folou situation.shocking!
@@kudos7777 That was also shameful. I hope he sues those bastards for every cent they have.
Channel 9 Sixty minutes treated Pell just like ABC. Channel 9 deserves to be treated as we treat ABC.
That is WHY I never READ 9News articles/bait.....
@@evah787 Thank you for confirming what I wrote.
The Australian High Court 7-0, says it all.
Beyond all reasonable doubt, not the balance of probabilities.
Well done Andrew, great work.
and pressured by people in high places ... 2 former PM's i bet
, I agree with you
@Corruption Fighter I'm not a catholic by a long shot, but all people should be offered the same rule of law despite their profile in society. Investigators should provide inculpatory and exculpatory evidence and should seek the truth, not the crime.
Blackstone's formulation) is the idea that: It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.
@John Doe The jury was not allowed to know the informant/victim's history of mental health. Just because someone makes an allegation doesn't make it true. Furthermore, there was no prima facia case in this matter and the police failed to include all inculpatory and exculpatory evidence. I'll say it again 7-0
Pell strikes me as being honest.
You need to look at the Catholic Church not Pell. He was uncovering serious issues within the Vatican and was completely stiched up. Even up until the end he was speaking out against the people within the Vatican trying to expose the evil and corruption.
I love the catholic faith, but he was completely let down by the church and left to die in prison.
He was and is a man of God and I pray for his soul and that he rests in peace.
Anyone want to start crowd funding to investigate( for any criminal incidents) Victoria premier Dan Andrews and the Victorian police commissioner Lisa Neville please let me know.
@Brett Wagland at least theyre adults in bed together
Please do! I'd give money towards a Royal Commission into Pell's evil mistreatment.
@@juliand.6956 Im a Freemason we have a lot people in the Victoria police that want Dan Andrews to be investigated for Zionst funding and pushing Israeli agendas for lobby groups and government tenders.
@Crystalised Being Remember the bible talks about a time of great persecution, first they start with Church leaders, then memebers, then the whole public. Honestly if it wasn't for a Christian Scott Morrison , Dan Andrews would have us locked up in quarantine centres.
@Brett Wagland ABC, 666 Am frequency in Canberra what more can I say how they feel about Churches, lol,
I hope he sues the Police and the ABC. Looks like he has aged 10 years in 400 days
Dog is guilty.
Simon Cowell I agree Sue the pants of them one by one such injustice and cruelty !!$
Same ages he likes his boys,funny that
Simon Cowell
I hope so too!
Simon Cowell Truth will always prevail. I’m just glad his out of jail. We humans have no right to judge and that’s god and god knows the truth. My opinion only
Thanks Bolt!! Great interview
Cardinal Pell’s suffering gives witness to the intolerance of Christian beliefs in today’s society. This was a persecution.
@Crusader of the Holy Grail And we have your abject reality that somehow Cunt Pell's suffrage is a metaphor for the laughable situation Christian beliebers find themselves in today. Fuck off with your "we feel persecuted" shit too - Christians persecuted billions of people throughout history for centuries, just for the crime of voicing mere opposition to their beliefs.
@@201ajgrant ; The Victorian legal system is corrupt. Home invaders walk free from court, a burglar and thief who confesses to their crime and admits they still have the stolen goods but refuses to return them is allowed to walk free with a $1 fine. There are many thousands of other examples. Yet you defend this blatantly corrupt system.
Gerald Ridsdale will be pleased his roommate is on the loose.
he ll never have suffered half as much as all the abused children in the world
There are 2 words that will condemn George Pell for the rest of his life regardless of any of his personal legal outcomes, Gerald Ridsdale.
I like Sky News Australia for allowing people to comment on their news or report. It shows great maturity on their part, unlike any others that close their comment section. To me - they are spreading gossip or hiding something fishy. Thank you Sky News.
Agreed
Nico nilora Bravo, 100% agree
Agreed they can because they report the truth unlike the lies on the other networks
Rupert , obviously you have been duped by Murdoch owned news channels and only know too well about media manipulation and it’s ironic that you too are leaving your comments from the comforts of your couch. Pot Kettle Black
Rupert by having the comment’s section on then we have the option to give our opinions- unlike the other sites that don’t have. Even you gave your comment in this section, can you imagine if you watch the news but you are blocked from commenting on it.
What a great man, is all I can say. The mental strength of Mr Pell is inspiring. I think I should looking into being a Christian.
Come and join the only fight that really matters.
Yes his mental strength is unbelievable. Amazing.
Until now, I thought less well of him. But here I see such purity that I cannot but feel very small as I measure myself against him.
Yes! God provides strength to His faithful. There are so many scriptures that attest to this. Please read: Psalm 46, Nehemiah 8:10, Proverbs 18.10. These are God's promises and they NEVER fail!
Andrew bolt, I don't know what you believe regarding faith. I know you're not a Christian
But might I say, that I admire you greatly because you've done what so many refused to do. I've seen 'Christians', even a close friend turn into hate filled people about this.
Your attitude is far more loving than these 'Christians'. Christianity is meant to be about love, and in that regard, I see your character here as far more Christian than these confessing ones.
2 corinthians 4:4 says the devil has blinded the non Christians so they cannot understand the Gospel. That's a paraphrase
God taught me a prayer about this "Father God, remove the veil (blindness)"
Once the blindness is gone, that can receive the Gospel by hearing it (Romans 10:17) and thus accept it. The Bible is the word of God, and without trying to disrespect catholics, people can not hear divine mercy or other words, it is only the Gospel verbatim that is the word of God, and the Gospel in the Bible alone can save them.
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Congratulations Chris Painter for making such a forthright comnent. Andrew Bolt has conviction and integrity. I don't always agree with him, but he is a first rate journalist and commentator who is not afraid to name names in public on live TV, with some of those names being his colleagues. We need many more like him.
@Mono Woman you are ignorant. This was all about a miscarriage of Justice. This is a man found guilty of something he couldn't and didn't do. Nothing less nothing more ~
People still saying he is guilty have not looked at the evidence at all. Or they have and just don’t care. They want an innocent man to rot in jail just because he is a catholic.
You show your ignorance
They wanted him punished for the crimes of others who'll never face prosecution because they're protected by the very people (Lavender Mafia) who want Pell brought down for investigating the never audited Vatican Bank.
Of course they don't care. They WANT him to be guilty.
CharlieCCC ok tighten that tinfoil hat mate
Temperate or Tropical Stop muddying the waters w the Vatican issue ! He failed in his duty of care to hundreds and hundreds of voiceless , vulnerable children . That is unforgivable . And if you seriously believe this ruthlessly ambitious career Cardinal would have jeopardised his chances of becoming pope by exposing malfeasance you're even more gullible than stupid . How he must laugh at all his supporters
all I can say is that Andrew Bolt is a brave guy and speaking the truth always pays
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