AUSTRALIA
9 News
A former Catholic priest accused of fondling teens at a Victorian boarding school decades ago also allegedly abused a boy in NSW, a court has heard.
James Patrick Jennings, 80, has pleaded not guilty to six counts of indecent assault that allegedly occurred at St Vincent’s College in Bendigo in the 1960s.
A witness has told Jennings’ trial the former priest indecently assaulted him twice at a school in NSW before he came to Victoria.
The witness’ allegations are not the subject of charges before the Victorian County Court.
He told the court he had been preparing for bed at his NSW boarding school when the first incident occurred.
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