Sky News host Chris Kenny says whether you support Cardinal George Pell or not, Australians “should welcome this judgement” because if the conviction had stood “it would have undermined our whole justice system”. On Tuesday, Cardinal 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.
Mr Kenny said an “amazing amount of emotion” has surrounded this case which had seen the Cardinal be subject to “ugly ideological attacks” based on his conservative stance and his “religious backgrounds”.
“But in truth, this case, the quashing of these convictions, is vitally important for reasons that go far beyond these battles and culture wars”.
“There was no evidence against him, except uncorroborated allegations from a complainant … the bottom line is that this was an historic claim that pitted one person's word against another”.
Mr Kenny said the Cardinal had also been “pursued relentlessly by the media” and “especially the ABC,” through a variety of reports, books, documentaries and claims levelled against him.
“There has been a strong element of trial by media about all of this”.
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