alfieval2000, the difference between those taking George Pell...

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    alfieval2000, the difference between those taking George Pell and the Vatican to task is that most of the complaints were lodged in a timely manner but allegedly NOT dealt with properly at that time; hence they have resurfaced with demands for the Vatican to provide unreleased documentation, apparently prompting some new claims to emerge.

    Indeed, part of the issue facing Pell is the documented response by him decades ago to those allegations .

    The allegations against Bill Shorten though were unknown until November 2013 and roughly 30 years after the alleged event. In the absence of startling new evidence it appears that we have an allegation and a denial but no material evidence to substantiate the allegation.

    That would explain why the Police and the DPP have decided to proceed no further - there is nothing to investigate, leaving only a private law suit by the alleged victim to test the matter in court!

    Of course that won't stop the Coalition's muck-raking machine from milking the matter for every last drop of political advantage via innuendo, speculation and even casting slurs on the work of the investigating officers. You can even see that sort of thing at play on this forum!
 
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