Priest to face child indecency charges

AUSTRALIA
Canberra Times

June 1, 2013

Michael Inman, Peter Jean and Christopher Knaus

A Canberra Catholic priest has been charged over historical acts of indecency on a child in the 1990s.

Father Edward Evans, 83, of Braddon, will face the ACT Magistrates Court next week to answer allegations he groped the girl, aged between 10 and 16 years, three times.

The elderly priest has pledged to fight the charges.

The three offences allegedly occurred between 1995 and 1997 at Father’s Evans’ Braddon home, according to police.

Father Evans has a long association with Canberra’s German Catholic community. He has worked as a German-language chaplain for the German community in Canberra, and represents the country’s Catholic mission.

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