George Pell: The backlash to cardinal's sexual abuse conviction
Andrew Bolt, a prominent conservative columnist for News Corp Australia, has argued that Pell was the victim of an unprecedented miscarriage of justice, describing it as"our own OJ Simpson case, but in reverse". He wrote:"A man was found guilty not on the facts but on prejudice."
Such stances have caused profound hurt to survivors, says ABC journalist Louise Milligan, author of the book Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell. Milligan said the families were also furious that an article by prominent Jesuit priest Frank Brennan challenging the jury's findings was being"handed out to their children in school".
Sky News Australia took the unprecedented step of scrapping all advertising from Bolt's TV programme to protect the reputation of brands being targeted by an activist group.
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