This article first appeared in the September edition of Annals Australasia
I have never seen a clearer illustration of prejudgement than this case. An avalanche of adverse publicity, a Royal Commission, even a book judging his guilt led up to his day in court. I say this as a former lawyer, not from any religious perspective.
I am not a Roman Catholic and I don’t write this from any religious perspective but rather these days as a retired barrister very troubled by th…