It seems there are good prospects for a successful appeal, but I suppose in these strange/disturbing times nothing can be taken for granted. Given Cardinal Pell's somewhat precarious health and the enormous stress of all this, it's to be hoped he survives the duration of the appeal which I believe could take upwards of 10 months.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/jailed-cdl.-pell-would-likely-win-appeal-based-on-unreasonable-guilty-verdict-experts
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/02/the-pell-affair-australia-is-now-on-trial
Pete
In answer to your first question, Pete, namely, guilty or not:
NOT
and yes, may God help him.
A number of writers, like Miranda and Andrew Bolt, have wondered how the uncorroborated evidence of a single man in a quite implausible scenario, could have resulted in a guily verdict, but it did.
Mirana refers to the "rot in hell" screams of hatred directed at the Cardinal outside the court. Perhaps a lot of people might rot in hell over this matter, but the Cardinal will not be one of them.
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