Some time ago, I confidently predicted Cardinal George Pell would not be criminally charged in Australia.
I can’t find the thread, but my best recollection is that at the time, the discussion was whether Pell had vicarious criminal liability for aiding abusers by means various. I said, stridently, that Pell would NOT be charged, much less convicted.
Since then, I had for unrelated reasons left regular posting here.
I checked back to the SDMB today for yet other unrelated reasons and found a PM reminding me of my failed prediction.
So, to be clear: yes, I failed utterly to correctly predict that outcome, and I was completely wrong. Those that predicted Pell’s arrest and conviction were right.
If someone can post the link to the original thread here, I will gladly repeat the above concession in the original thread.
Thanks for this thread, we were wondering where you were. My theory was that you’d quit the internet, decided to try real life, walked into the local bar and never came out.
But now that you’ve been disbarred, you’re welcome here any time.
