His sentiments were confirmed by comments from Catholics on talkback radio in Melbourne.
The current parish priest, Father Peter Sherman, said he first heard the nature of Pell's offences this morning. Francis Sullivan, who was once in charge of coordinating the Catholic Church's actions after the child abuse royal commission, said the church had been"brought to its knees".
Sad
$5 in the tin and 3 halemarys worked for all ya mates George
Why has the Vatican not defrocked Pell, scared he will spill secrets about all the cover ups?! protectionism abhorrent
The nation is stunned? Is this claim based on any evidence? I don’t know anyone who’s the least bit surprised.
We are not stunned, we are relieved this hideous person has been charged.
convicted without witnesses....
The only thing that stuns us is that justice has finally be done. Now throw out all the priests, bishops and archbishops that refuse to do mandatory reporting.
No it didn’t
Well youre the nation's news agency, shouldn't you be questioning your own ability to report the news in a reasonable time rather than questioning the nations ability to stay informed?
History history wonderous thing, Rome burnt and Nero fiddled, now Pell fiddled and he got burnt
A richly deserved outcome.
I think Andrew Bolt has ruined his career by defending him today.
The lifting of the supression order was the ‘Surprise’ factor. Lots of folk were not aware of the supression order. It raises all kinda questions of how we receive news across the population.
Stuns? A Catholic priest convicted of child rape stuns no one...
You can only hope that what he professes to believe might be true, in which case he will burn in hell forever.
🙋🏻♀️ notstunned
Worst kept secret..... EVER!!!
No it doesn't.
No it doesn’t 😐
Get a grip
I’m or stunned as most people aren’t priest child abuse goes hand in hand
this cult should be shut down. nothing but a haven for criminals
I'm not stunned and am sure many aren't. Headline grabbing word.
Oh come on ABC. Read all about it on the internet several months ago. Worst kept secret. Now catholic power brokers have put in plans. Will their influence affect the serverity of justice? Probably 👎 Will the Pope defrock Pell. He should but won’t. Moral corruption 👎
Stunned !? Are you sure you're reading the room correctly ? Not stunned at all. Can't wait for the end of this arrogant lot and their enablers.
No we already knew, the media couldnt help thenselves.
Guarantee if this was a man of color dude would have already been sitting in the cell!!!! effthissh!t
ABCmediawatch Hey ABC how many more times is my family and I going to have to hear about Pell putting his penis in a little boy’s mouth? Been listening/watching only on and off today and I counted 11. Must be a better way to deal with this story, surely.
No it doesn’t
Maybe Abc, everyone else knew.
Burn the Catholic Church to the ground.
No is doesn’t 😐
Stunned us, how so, we all knew he was guilty.
Not stunned, just disgusted by this individual still refusing to acknowledge responsibility for what he has done.
Hopefully, Pell now serves a lengthy prison sentence and doesn’t manage to get off because of legal trickery by his lawyers.
Feeling guilty are we ABC.
Does it stun the nation though? Perhaps some are surprised but I think many are saying at last, justice.
Only those without the internet. So maybe the Alan Jones listeners.
Stunned that it’s such a big deal for our media outlets when the verdict was easily seen on line in December.
Has it really stunned us though? I mean, at the very least we already knew he protected paedophiles- its not that far of a stretch to find out he is one.
Stuns a nation? No one was stunned. He’s a catholic priest the chances he wasn’t a kiddy would stun us more!
It was all over Twitter.
Not stunned at all. Justice for the victims.
Worst kept secret in Australia.
What's even more stunning/disappointing are the regressive conservatives defending a convicted paedophile
I'm as stunned as a fire fighter dowsing flames...
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