AUSTRALIA
Newcastle Herald
By GABRIEL WINGATE-PEARSE Oct. 23, 2013
A PRIEST who befriended the family of a young boy from a violent home introduced the child to a paedophile, parading him to the man and telling him to ‘‘show us your muscles’’, Newcastle Local Court heard yesterday.
The introduction allegedly occurred at the presbytery of St Michael’s Catholic Church in Nelson Bay between 1982 and 1984, where Father Lewis Fenton was parish priest.
‘‘Father Lou’’, as he was known to the boy at the time, introduced Frank Tully to him in his office as his good friend, said the victim, who cannot be identified.
He was asked to ‘‘turn around’’ while Tully looked on, saying ‘‘nice, nice’’.
Shortly afterwards he was indecently assaulted by Tully in a room to the side of the church, until they were interrupted by the boy’s sister.
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