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The judge also rejected Pell's defence argument that the crimes were committed by Pell the man, not the archbishop.
Former ‘pope in waiting’ jailed for child sexual abuse - National Secular Society
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".