AUSTRALIA
Malaysia Chronicle
A FORMER priest charged with sexually abusing seven boys over an 18-year period blamed God for making him do it, a court has been told.
David Rapson, 59, is charged with abusing the boys while teaching at Salesian College Rupertswood, in Sunbury, between 1973 and 1990.
The former college vice-principal is charged with one count each of rape and gross indecency and a string of indecent assault charges.
The Herald Sun revealed last year up to seven priests and brothers at the college have been linked to secret payouts to students who alleged they were abused between the 1960s and the 1990s.
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