AUSTRALIA
Armidale Express
By SAMANTHA-JO HARRIS April 11, 2014
AN ARMIDALE magistrate has sharply rebuked the defence of a former priest facing historic child sexual abuse for not filing documents to the court.
An order relating to the cross-examination of witnesses was meant to be determined on Wednesday.
However, Magistrate Karen Stafford said the documents had not been provided to the court.
The defrocked priest, who cannot be named for legal reasons, first appeared in Armidale Local Court on October 18, 2012.
Wednesday was the 13th time his case has been before the court.
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