Australian Justice in the Dock | George Weigel
Are you joking?
Cardinal Pell was hated by the gay community because of his steadfast adherence to biblical/Church teaching on homosexuality. (Refusal of Communion. Opposition to SSM.)
Cardinal Pell was hated by the gay community because of his steadfast adherence to biblical/Church teaching on homosexuality. (Refusal of Communion. Opposition to SSM.)
Australian Justice in the Dock | George Weigel
I heard some news reports that Daniel Andrews claims to be Catholic. ![🥴](/emoji/f09fa5b4)
Laws forcing priests to report child abuse passed in Victorian parliament
The only outcome of this law will be sting operations by undercover cops to frame priests.
Real guilt-ridden sex abusers (if there is such a thing) will cease talking to any priests any where any time.
The real mandatory reporting void is where most child sex abuse exists - in the home. An abusive male relative will do anything to keep a secret. So they aren't going to report their suspicion about …More
The only outcome of this law will be sting operations by undercover cops to frame priests.
Real guilt-ridden sex abusers (if there is such a thing) will cease talking to any priests any where any time.
The real mandatory reporting void is where most child sex abuse exists - in the home. An abusive male relative will do anything to keep a secret. So they aren't going to report their suspicion about another pedophile (masquerading as a priest) for fear that police psychologists might ask that same child probing questions about whether anyone had "ever done that to you before?"
Ask yourself - why is so much emphasis being placed on priests to report what they heard from someone who heard it from someone who heard it from...
20, 30, 40, 50, years of testimony from people (allegedly) who told the Bishop but never told the police. WHY?
Real guilt-ridden sex abusers (if there is such a thing) will cease talking to any priests any where any time.
The real mandatory reporting void is where most child sex abuse exists - in the home. An abusive male relative will do anything to keep a secret. So they aren't going to report their suspicion about another pedophile (masquerading as a priest) for fear that police psychologists might ask that same child probing questions about whether anyone had "ever done that to you before?"
Ask yourself - why is so much emphasis being placed on priests to report what they heard from someone who heard it from someone who heard it from...
20, 30, 40, 50, years of testimony from people (allegedly) who told the Bishop but never told the police. WHY?
Where Is Cardinal Pell?
I wish I had enough grace and Christian charity to believe that Cardinal Pell's accuser was merely mistaken.
Where Is Cardinal Pell?
No. It's not "tertium non datur"
He is being charitable and graciously accepting that lying is NOT the same as being sincerely mistaken.
How about you brush up on the rules of necessary inference (logic)
He is being charitable and graciously accepting that lying is NOT the same as being sincerely mistaken.
How about you brush up on the rules of necessary inference (logic)
Innocent Cardinal Pell Will Appeal, But..
"...a liar would have told a more believable story."
Now there's a paradox.
insidestory.org.au/judges-doubts/More
"...a liar would have told a more believable story."
Now there's a paradox.
insidestory.org.au/judges-doubts/
Now there's a paradox.
insidestory.org.au/judges-doubts/
Vatican Licks Bottom Of Australia’s Injustice System
You are wrong. Cardinal Pell has emphatically denied the accusation in court, just as he has outside court. (Most pedophiles plead guilty).
And every legal expert in Australia has agreed that Pell would have been instructed by his barristers NOT to take the stand.
One of the reasons that delayed accusations...decades old child sex abuse cases... are hard to prosecute, is because child victims …More
You are wrong. Cardinal Pell has emphatically denied the accusation in court, just as he has outside court. (Most pedophiles plead guilty).
And every legal expert in Australia has agreed that Pell would have been instructed by his barristers NOT to take the stand.
One of the reasons that delayed accusations...decades old child sex abuse cases... are hard to prosecute, is because child victims typically can't remember sufficient detail (under cross examination) to attain the burden of proof beyond all reasonable doubt. The passage of time generally leaves victims with recall of only the sex act trauma itself - not day, date, time, what color were the curtains, etc etc.
But in the Pell case the accuser had an extraordinarily uncharacteristic level of recall - in vivid detail.
So the uneducated juror mistakes this for "credible testimony" when what they should have realised is that something is not quite right here.
And every legal expert in Australia has agreed that Pell would have been instructed by his barristers NOT to take the stand.
One of the reasons that delayed accusations...decades old child sex abuse cases... are hard to prosecute, is because child victims typically can't remember sufficient detail (under cross examination) to attain the burden of proof beyond all reasonable doubt. The passage of time generally leaves victims with recall of only the sex act trauma itself - not day, date, time, what color were the curtains, etc etc.
But in the Pell case the accuser had an extraordinarily uncharacteristic level of recall - in vivid detail.
So the uneducated juror mistakes this for "credible testimony" when what they should have realised is that something is not quite right here.
Martyr Cardinal Pell Has Left the Court House
Yes, too many enemies. Too much extreme prejudice.
The appeal court yesterday opened the floodgates for juries to convict unpopular Catholics at will.
The appeal court yesterday opened the floodgates for juries to convict unpopular Catholics at will.
Vatican Licks Bottom Of Australia’s Injustice System
I believe he is innocent and yet being expected to prove his innocence. But how can you prove your innocence when the accusation is entirely one person's word versus another's?
Cardinal Pell Appeal Ruling to be Announced August 21
15th of August - a lot of Catholics praying today.
Washington State Legalizes Composting Of Human Bodies
They're talking about aborted foetuses and euthanasia victims right?
Western Australia Turns Seal of Confession into Crime
LOL - secular authorities typically ignore and disbelieve priests. Now they are trying to force them to speak.
The “Anderson Report” - Abuse Hoax 2.0 in Illinois
...oh yeah, one last thing - atheists masquerading as priests.
Anyone wanna play join-the-dots???
Anyone wanna play join-the-dots???
The “Anderson Report” - Abuse Hoax 2.0 in Illinois
...also worth mentioning the gross hypocrisy of those who wilfully try to dissociate the word homosexuality from the phenomenon of older men being sexually attracted to teenage boys.
The “Anderson Report” - Abuse Hoax 2.0 in Illinois
Excellent smack down.
It's an amazing double-standard when atheists and skeptics and Church haters, (who would otherwise demand the strictest of proofs and empirical evidence when it comes to anything regarding religion,) somehow give a hall pass to unsubstantiated, unfalsifiable rumours and gossip such as we see in the Anderson 'report'.
It's an amazing double-standard when atheists and skeptics and Church haters, (who would otherwise demand the strictest of proofs and empirical evidence when it comes to anything regarding religion,) somehow give a hall pass to unsubstantiated, unfalsifiable rumours and gossip such as we see in the Anderson 'report'.
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Meghan Markle's Mother's Day Instagram
"my mother was my first country; the first place i ever lived.”
"my mother was my first country; the first place i ever lived.”
Israel Folau and the right to freedom of expression | Coffee House
Why did Israel Folau previously promise NOT to denounce sin?
Wow. Pretty nervous. Ben Rhodes struggle to keep his story together on Obama being involved in the …
Reported - You are offensive and disgraceful - calling people names (nut job, village idiot, fruitcake, and ridiculing their typos) is a pathetic alternative to intelligent debate.
No workers on site, but someone appears be lighting a fire on the roof
Does that web cam show what happened next?