INNOCENTS AT RISK

CONVICTED without evidence Cardinal Pell case sets a precedent for “guilty if someone says so”!

Priests, teachers, doctors, sporting coaches and community volunteers, you could be next.

Someone you have worked with in the past 20 years now has a legal precedent to have you charged with sexual assault base on his or her say-so.

From all the information I am able to access it appears to me that Cardinal Pell has been convicted of a crime despite there being a total lack of evidence.

From all reports:

There was no physical evidence, Anecdotal evidence suggested the crime could not have occurred,

The conviction was based on one man’s word against another.

Write and ask your Federal MP to pursue an inquiry into this issue as the legal precedent is extremely dangerous for our constitutional rights to a fair hearing when accused of any transgressions.

Such an inquiry may include consideration of:

■ Legitimacy of the trial in establishing guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

■ Whether there was any bias or interference associated with the judge or jury. And,

■ Whether the trial was influenced by the anti-Christian bias in Victorian Police, media and related social media.

Perpetrators of sexual assault crimes should be subject to the law, but convictions without evidence are not justified and leave innocent people at risk.

PAUL WEBB, Toowoomba