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Former ‘pope in waiting’ jailed for child sexual abuse - National Secular SocietyThe judge also rejected Pell's defence argument that the crimes were committed by Pell the man, not the archbishop.
Just such impossible arrogance.
After the verdict was announced, Pell's top-flight lawyer dismissed one of the charges as "no more than a plain vanilla sexual penetration case where the child is not actively participating".