AUSTRALIA
The Standard
By Mark Russell
Nov. 16, 2012
A former Catholic priest has today been committed to stand trial on child sex abuse charges.
Magistrate Greg McNamara late this afternoon found there was sufficient evidence to convict David Rapson, 59, and ordered him to stand trial in the County Court.
Rapson, who told the magistrate he was “not guilty” of all the charges against him, was released on bail to appear in the County Court on December 11 for a directions hearing. His trial will be held in August next year.
Rapson is charged with one count of rape, five counts of indecent assault, four counts of indecently assaulting a child under 16, and one count of gross indecency from 1973 to 1990.
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