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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

O MY! AND VERY PECULIAR AUSTRALIAN LAW, AND VATICAN IMPLIES WHAT AUSTRALIA HAS FORBIDDEN TO BE REPORTED, SO VERY ODD AS I HAVE IT HERE FROM CM!

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 Press title for article in which I think Church Militant has disobeyed Australian Law--are they obliged to follow it as the Vatican as chosen to do so?????? It's crickets every where else in Catholic blogdom and Catholic news! Peculiar, no?



Cardinal Pell Found Guilty on All Counts of Sex Abuse

Jury returns guilty verdict after three days of deliberation

By Christine Niles, M.St. (Oxon.), J.D.

UPDATE PECULIARITY:

Why the media is unable to report on a case that has generated huge interest online


AUSTRALIA

Sydney Morning Herald
December 12, 2018

By Patrick O'Neil & Michael Bachelard

Why we are unable to report on a case that has generated huge interest online
A very high-profile figure was convicted on Tuesday of a serious crime, but we are unable to report their identity due to a suppression order.

The person, whose case has attracted significant media attention, was convicted on the second attempt, after the jury in an earlier trial was unable to reach a verdict. They will be remanded when they return to court in February for sentencing.

A suppression order issued by the Victorian County Court, which applies in all Australian states and territories, has prevented any publication of the details of the case including the person's name or the charges. It was imposed after the court accepted that knowledge of the person's identity in the first trial might prejudice a further trial being held in March.

And this is from the National Chismatic Reporter (NCR). Seems like Church Militant is more forthcoming in their reporting!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Father, you have told us here, more than once, that you don't approve of Church Militant (your words were stronger as I recall)...
or did I get that wrong?

Fr. Allan J. McDonald said...

Church Militant has spread fakenews and can be very uncharitable in some of its reporting. I think of how it reported on Cardinal Wuerl and that the Vatican was harboring him from arrest in Washington, all fake news and no repentance on that.

Joseph Johnson said...

On Church Militant one has to learn to separate the editorializing and speculation from the hard news. Michael Voris' Vortex segments are a combination of both. The weekday Headlines with Christine Niles, which usually show up about 3 p.m., are strictly news.

Joseph Johnson said...

National Review has reported the Cardinal’s conviction as well.

Tom Makin said...

Speaking of disgraced Cardinals, I believe I saw Wuerl walking down the aisle at the National Cathedral for President George H.W. Bush's funeral service. Am I wrong? Is this guy still around?