Something to celebrate? Case of wine is dropped off at monastery where Cardinal George Pell will spend his first night of freedom after 400 days in jail – before a nun picks it up and carries it inside
- Television crews camped outside the Kew monastery captured the drop-off
- Cardinal George Pell was released from jail today after 405 days in jail
- A delivery man dressed in personal protective equipment delivered the wine
- The delivery sent social media into meltdown with Pell’s haters venting
- Cardinall Pell was released from jail after a High Court decision went his way
A case of wine has been delivered to the monastery where Cardinal George Pell is expected to spend his first night of freedom after more than a year in jail.
The cheeky delivery at the Kew monastery, just outside of Melbourne, was captured on video by news crews camped outside on Tuesday.
The delivery man, dressed in high vis, a mask and protective gloves, was seen dropping the case on the driveway of the Carmelite Monastery as a nun stormed towards him.
A nun collects a case of wine that was dropped off outside a Kew monastery on Tuesday. Cardinal George Pell is expected to be a guest there on Tuesday night
Cardinal George Pell as he is whisked away from Barwon Prison on Tuesday. He was expected to spend his first night of freedom at a monastery just outside of Melbourne
The delivery man can be seen jumping out of the way of the large iron gates as they close upon him.
The video was posted on Twitter by Channel 9 reporter Sam Cucchiara just after 2pm – prompting a tirade by Pell’s detractors.
Cardinal Pell was driven out of Barwon Prison, about 68kms south of Melbourne, just before midday in a three-car convoy.
He had spent 405 days behind bars after being wrongly convicted of the sexual abuse of two choir boys.
The High Court decision overturned an earlier ruling by the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Justice Anne Ferguson, president of the Court of Appeal Justice Chris Maxwell, and Justice Mark Weinberg.
‘Choke on it,’ one person posted under the video.
‘Puke I am so disgusted and sickened by this whole affair and now he gloats,’ another wrote.
Special delivery: A man drops off a case of wine at the monastery where Cardinal George Pell was expected to spend his first night of freedom
The delivery man was wearing protective gear and almost got caught by the large gates that protect the monastery
Cardinal George Pell was taken away from jail in a three car convoy. He had spent more than a year inside
Reporters were camped outside Barwon Prison with more staking out a Kew monastery where Cardinal Pell was expected to reside on Tuesday night
Cardinal Pell has been widely condemned on social media from all walks of life, including journalists and politicians.
Some of the abuse directed at Cardinal Pell under the wine video went even further.
‘Now i know where he is staying you will get yours pell pay back time,’ one person posted.
‘Hope its a bomb,’ another stated.
‘Send a infected person with #coronavirus around so he can “heal” them! Hopefully he gets the virus and it takes the prick out!’ yet another wrote.
Some believe Cardinal Pell could probably use a good drop of red after months of bread and water.
‘And? What is that a crime now?’ a person responded.
‘If Id just been released from 400 days in isolation, and had my convictions quashed, Id want more than a case of wine,’ another man wrote.