Chris Friel is an academic living and working in Wales (UK) with a special interest in theologian Bernard Lonergan. He has subjected the Pell trial and the Pell appeal to devastating analysis frequently drawing in Louise Milligan’s book CARDINAL whose spite, arrogance and undisguised bias has fed the unrelenting persecution of Cardinal Pell. Below are his postings about the trial, the appeal, the High Court appeal verdict 7-0, and post appeal reflections.
Great credit and gratitude is due to Chris Friel for his tenacity in pursuing what he clearly thought was injustice. There can be no doubt that his sustained analysis influenced the debate about Cardinal Pell’s case among Australia’s legal fraternity. It is probable the High Court Justices were aware of the crucial arguments he proposed against the trials and appeals.
The Pell Papers – 134 + 4 pieces listed
The Royal Inquisition
On the Journey to the Sacristy
Questions to Keep in Mind reading Pell’s Complainant’s Statements
How was Pell’s Complainant Handled?
“When it starts to hot up, I’ll put on the tape.”
Graeme Sleeman is suing the Church
Outline of the Situation in Doveton
The Royal Commission as a Weapon
Peter O’Callaghan’s reply to Glenn Davies RCCSA
After High Court Decision 7-0
Review of Melissa Davey: The Case of George Pell
Evidence from the Choir Revisited
What the Kid said about the Choirboy
On the Performance of Kerri Judd in Canberra
What did Victoria Police say to the Office of Public Prosecutions
The Reception of the HCA Ruling in the Commentary
Moving Forward after Pell’s Acquittal
A Response to the Ruling of the HCA
The High Court Appeal
Questions on the Get Pell Investigation
The Crucial Experiment in the Pell Case
Strategy and Tactics in the Case against Cardinal Pell
Remarks on the First Pell Trial in Comparison with the Second 3
Remarks on the First Pell Trial in Comparison with the Second 2
Remarks on the First Pell Trial in Comparison with the Second 1
For Truth and Justice in an Australian Court
Kerri Judd on the Sacristy Locale
Kerri Judd on the Wine in the Alcove
Transcript of Kerri Judd before the High Court
Pell Oral Presentation to High Court
Crown Oral Presentation to High Court
Transcript of the first day before the High Court just released with commentary
Pell v The Queen [2020] HCATrans 26 (11 March 2020
On the “Indicia” of the Sacristy Locale Revisited
What the High Court must hear tomorrow
What is Going On in the Pell Affair?
Evidence on the Kitchenette in the Priests’ Sacristy
The Wine in the Wardrobe Revisited
Rome Interview – transcript
What Everybody Has Overlooked in the Pell Case
Respondent’s Further Submissions
If the Wardrobe Does Not Fit the Jury Must Acquit
How Compound Probability Helps Cardinal Pell
Locating the Wine in the Alcove
Applicant’s Reply (Bret Walker to High Court, February)
The Concelebrating Priests at the First Incident
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The Two Wings of the Pell Case
An Independent Assessment on the Whole of the Evidence?
Compound Probability and the Crown
Cardinal Pell’s Impossible Sin
A Response to The Response of the Crown to Pell’s Appeal
The Court Case and the first Appeal
How to do Bad Things with Words
How the interview changed the story
A Critique of Ferguson & Maxwell
IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA
The Background Thinking to the Rome Interview
But he isn’t wearing anything at all!
Investigative Journalism and the Pell Case
Believing Victims and Institutional Stupidity
The Social Media Witch-Hunt Revisited
The Moment I knew He would be Found Guilty
Can Belief and Doubt Co-Exist?
From Committal to Trial in the Rulings: The Robes and the Wine
The Surprise of the Sacristy or The Parable of the Rectangle
The Contrivance of Cardinal Pell
A Very Short Critique of Ferguson and Maxwell
Ferguson, Maxwell, Weinberg on the Constitutional Role of the Jury
Ferguson/Maxwell on Credibility
Ferguson/Maxwell on Credibility (2)
Weinberg, Ferguson/Maxwell and Walker in Conversation
Weinberg, Ferguson/Maxwell and Walker in Conversation (2)
Bret Walker’s leave to appeal for Media
A Very Short Summary of Justice Weinberg’s Dissent
Pell vs The Queen: Abbreviation of Mark Weinberg
A Very Short Critique of Ferguson and Maxwell
Ferguson/Maxwell on Credibility (1)
Ferguson and Maxwell on Credibility (2)
The Social Media Witch-Hunt Revisited
The Moment I Knew he would be Found Guilty
Can Belief and Doubt Co-exist?
From Committal to Trial in the Rulings: The Robes and the Wine
The Surprise of the Sacristy or The Parable of the Rectangle