AUSTRALIA
Maitland Herald
COURTNEY GARNHAM
24 May, 2012
A Hunter priest facing eight child sexual assault charges told a Sydney District Court jury there had been no sexual intent when he wrestled with young boys.
He responded with an adamant “no” when his barrister asked numerous times if he had acted inappropriately toward the four alleged victims.
The accused recalled extraordinary details of the past, using anecdotes of times when he had interacted with a number of boys while he was at university and training to become a priest.
He said wrestling with boys would take place after almost every football game they played and would start with three or four boys hanging off him.
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