TheProgressivePatriot
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This is absolutely disgusting and proof that the Catholic Church has no intention of taking full responsibility for the history of sexual abuse. The Pope has pledged transparency and a policy of intolerance for this sort of predatory behavior, but is he aware of this opprobrious defense? If he is, what will he say or do about it? Pell, like all defendants is entitled to a defense, including one that tries to minimize the crime. But this demeans the victim and sends a very wrong message to would be abusers
Lawyer For Cardinal Pell Minimizes Child Rape As ‘Plain Vanilla Sexual Penetration’
For Catholics, child rape is no big deal: Lawyer for convicted child rapist Cardinal Pell asks for leniency because the rapes were “no more than a plain vanilla sexual penetration case.”
And it gets worse:
Lawyer For Cardinal Pell Minimizes Child Rape As ‘Plain Vanilla Sexual Penetration’
For Catholics, child rape is no big deal: Lawyer for convicted child rapist Cardinal Pell asks for leniency because the rapes were “no more than a plain vanilla sexual penetration case.”
In yet another demonstration of the complete moral failure of the Catholic Church, Robert Richter, the lawyer for Cardinal Pell, who was recently convicted of raping two choir boys, asked for leniency during Pell’s sentencing hearing by trying to minimize the sexual assault and rape of two 13-year-old choir boys in the 1990’s.
Richter told the court that the rape of two choir boys was no big deal, describing the crime as:
No more than a plain vanilla sexual penetration case where the child is not actively participating…
Wow. To describe child rape as “no more than a plain vanilla sexual penetration” is beyond despicable.
And it gets worse:
The Guardian reports that Pell’s lawyer also tried to minimize the child rape conviction by telling the court:
(Pell exerted) No force greater than was required to achieve penetration.
Pell’s lawyer also tried to minimize the power differential between Cardinal Pell and two 13-year-old choir boys, telling the court:
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