Pell wasn't worried about the age of the children so why should we worry about his age.

Well, justice of sorts has been done - should have been a much longer sentence with no appeal or parole. I really can't understand how a criminal can appeal their sentence or apply for parole when they've already been given a sentence by the presiding judge!  A sentence is a sentence.  I just hope that the Catholic church gets it's act together and cleans up it's backyard.  The silence from the Vatican is deafening so far!! As far as Pell is concerned, he's just an arrogant, unempathetic, "holier-than-thou" paedophile who has been given his come-uppance. And, why should he be given the priviledge of a private cell - he's just an ordinary man hiding behind his high ranking in the church.

Not long enough. Abused have a lifetime of hurt,so what makes it different for man of the cloth . He should have got the maximum. His big mistake apart from his abuse of children was ignoring the pleas of the abused children and condone other priests. 

If I was the DPP I'd be noising it around that, since there was an appeal likely to go ahead, they would be appealing against the leniency of the sentence. Of course, if Pell didn't appeal, neither would the DPP!

Pell, by appealing, is only thinking of himself: not the church, the many Catholics and, most important of all, the victims, witnesses and the court officials. Surely, if he was a Christian, he would extend to these people the Christian charity of not making them go through this yet again?

The man touted as George Pell’s get out of jail card has a client list spanning mobsters, Prime Ministers, bikies, fraudsters and those from Australia’s rich list.

Bret Walker, SC, one of Sydney’s best barristers, who can cost upwards of $25,000 daily, is now charged with leading the case for the jury’s guilty finding to be overturned in Victoria’s Court of Appeal…

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/bret-walker-sc-touted-as-george-pells-get-out-of-jail-card/news-story/9d075d8288c364c1912fdd48a52e260b

Sorry not long enough for the poor sufferers and their relatives plus not a deterrent to ALL the other paedophile priests LURKING behind their cassocks.iN MY OP THIS IS JUST THE tip of the iceberg!I hope he does die inside then he can join WHACKO JACKSON in the next!

ARROGANCE PERSONIFIED....I don`t care what he`s supposed to have done for charities etc etc .I THINK MIGHTY MOUSE HOWARD should keep out of it !twerp!

I would have given him the full ten years and NO parole!

Six years! I am willing to bet he doesn't serve any where near that time. His mates will get him off on appeal. I bet the church is picking up the tab for all the costs too! Don't worry, they will make it up from the donations from churchgoers.

He is 77 years old... The average life span is 81.

So if he was hanged at 81, he would only get 4 years jail, have an average life span and a relatively painless death compared to many elderly people.

Sentencing old men is quite pointless, its more about exposing faults in the system and giving the victim some recognition.

6 years Leon?  And the pope is not a catholic?

My prediction for what it is worth:

1.  an appeal is already happening and likely Pell will get off or at worst get a token sentence.

2.  if convicted a second time Pell will get a cushy jail cell in name only and then get out very very early because he is a 'model' inmate.

Either way....you can't imprison the elite can you??????

Not sure if Pell is guilty or not. Probably guilty. He will get off on appeal. Three judges decide the verdict not a jury. The appeal will be based on "beyond all reasonable doubt". Pell will have to give his testimony this time so it's his word against another's. 

From a Vatican apartment to a prison cell. Wonder what the foods like!

If there was a so called hell, this disgusting hypocrite of a pedophile would burn for eternity 

Regarding the comments on 'soft' sentencing, going from Qld crime reports in the media, Pell's sentence would be on the strong side. 

Other examples of sentencing:

Here is a Qld example where it was a public protest by ordinary citizens that finally caused the Labor government to appeal a sentence that the serially protesting Twitterati had 'overlooked'(sic).[click for link]

Another report on the case - a women judge and a woman-dominated State government - Left woman Premier and the senior law officers (politicians) involved, so no 'conservative-old-white-male-patriarchy' (sic) to blame.[click for link]

Rape, and any molesting and ill-treatment of minors are abhorrent to the ordinary public.  It was always that way.  There is no such thing as a 'rape culture' and there never was.  

However there always were those and this is regardless of 'gender' who view themselves as the best judges of what goes where children are concerned, and where they are concerned it is anything goes, as long as they get what they want.  

The public cannot be relying on government, ie the State, to always be doing the right thing. Past history and present examples show that the State and its responsible bureaucrats charged with the responsibility of upholding Australian law and protecting children often fail to do that.  Apart from the occasional courageous journalist (immediately set upon by the mob), the media are too busy protecting their own careers and are easily cowered by political correctness.

It is the ordinary public who must be constantly vigilant and the ordinary public who have the most to lose from restrictions on free speech.