I see from a scan of Catallaxy that Keith Windshuttle from Quadrant has taken the extraordinary step of claiming that the George Pell accuser fabricated his complaint by copying one from the US. I won't link to the Windshuttle claims.
This seems extraordinarily foolhardy when the matter is undergoing an appeal which could, quite possibly, decline to set aside the conviction. Windshuttle thinks the stories are so similar that it is self evident that the latter is copying the former - I would bet that many people (even one at Catallaxy has said so!) do not see it as so clear cut at all.
Furthermore, Windshuttle acknowledges we have not read the full testimony of the complainant - making him attempting a comparison an unwise exercise in the extreme.
Maybe I am missing something here, but why wouldn't the Windshuttle story be a case of defamation if the appeal upholds the conviction? Is he simply relying on the complainant not wanting to go through the public exposure of a defamation action? Again, seems a very, very unwise thing for Windshuttle to assume.
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But you know that Pell is innocent. I inferred that the accuser had taken the incident to a different time and place, where it was shown to be impossible. So if Windshuttle has found the original source material thats terrific news. Why didn't you link it? Could it be that its because you are a Jew and want to condemn people for being Christian?
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