AUSTRALIA
Maitland Herald
COURTNEY GARNHAM
18 May, 2012
Extracts of intimate letters written by a Hunter priest to one of his alleged child sexual assault victims were revealed to a Sydney District Court jury on Thursday.
The priest, who is on trial for eight child sex offences against four complainants, referred to the boy in one letter as his “special little man”.
He wrote: “I miss you a lot and remember you in my prayers, so don’t forget me in yours,” and signed off with “lots of love.”
The alleged victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the priest’s barrister he had never replied to the
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