Key quotes from the George Pell trial

WHAT THE MAIN PLAYERS HAD TO SAY IN THE TRIAL OF CARDINAL GEORGE PELL

* PELL'S VICTIM, READ BY SENIOR CROWN PROSECUTOR MARK GIBSON SC

- "He planted himself in the doorway and said something like 'what are you doing here' or 'you're in trouble'."

- "I didn't complain to anyone at that time. It felt like an anomaly. I was in shock and didn't tell."

- "It's something I've carried for the whole of my life ... it took a courage much later in life for me to even think about coming forward."

* PELL IN HIS 2016 POLICE INTERVIEW, READ IN PART TO THE JURY

- "The allegations are a product of fantasy."

- "What absolute and disgraceful rubbish."

- "It's vile and disgusting conduct, contrary to everything I hold dear."

* PELL'S BARRISTER, ROBERT RICHTER QC

- "In the media, Cardinal Pell was portrayed as the Darth Vader of the Catholic Church."

- "Who in their right mind would take the risk of doing what (the complainant) says happened."

- "Only a madman would attempt to rape boys in the priest's sacristy immediately after Sunday solemn mass."

- "I'm not saying the man was a liar all the way through at all, for all I know he had a fantasy ... (and) over the years that fantasy has grown to the point where he might believe it."

* COUNTY COURT CHIEF JUDGE PETER KIDD TO THE JURY

- "Your duty is to consider the evidence using your intellect, not your heart."

- "There's no coming back from a verdict."

- "You must not scapegoat Cardinal Pell."