In Dec 2018, Pell was found guilty of five sexual abuse charges involving two boys in the 1990s
A former treasurer of the Catholic Church, Pell is the most senior official of the Church to be convicted of child sexual abuse. In June 2017, Pell was charged in Victoria, Australia, with multiple historical sexual assault offences; he denied all charges.
Yeo first expressed support for Pell in a public Facebook post published earlier this week. Asserting that Pell’sYeo had written that he was prayingIn a subsequent interview with Mothership – a website that lists him as a contributor – Yeo repeated his belief that Pelland added that he is praying thatThe former ruling party politician’s comments in support of Pell drew intense flak.
“Second, by supporting Pell after he has been convicted, I am doing injustice to his victims and to many victims of sexual abuse who fear coming out precisely because of the fear that they would be disbelieved. “On Mar 6, I posted two articles which detailed how unbelievable the circumstances were. However, I accept that the jury by a unanimous decision convicted him. This jury did not see the complainant in person but only a recording of him from an earlier trial. A different jury in the earlier trial, which saw the complainant being cross-examined in person, voted to acquit Cardinal Pell 10 to 2. But as it was not unanimous, that earlier trial was considered a mistrial.
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