Australian legal scholar: Pell trial was vendetta by police, prosecutors cruxnow.com
Victoria’s policing and criminal justice systems erred so seriously in relation to Cardinal George Pell that it shows that not even victims of abuse or bona fide complainants, let alone an accused person like the cardinal, could rely on them, said Jesuit Father Frank Brennan, Australian legal expert.
The law professor and rector of Newman College at the University of Melbourne attended key parts of Pell’s trials and appeals and had access to court transcripts.
He became convinced that the cardinal was innocent of the historical sexual abuse charges brought against him and that he should never have had to face them…
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