AUSTRALIA
Radio Australia
The Bishop of the Australian Defence Force has been charged with a sex offence dating back to 1969.
Bishop Max Davis is believed to be the most senior clergyman in the Catholic Church, and the first bishop, to be charged with a child sex offence.
The alleged incident took place when Bishop Davis was teaching at St Benedict’s College in New Norcia, north-east of Perth.
The Church said Bishop Davis was not an ordained priest when the incident is alleged to have occurred, and that he “emphatically denies” the charge.
“An allegation has been made to the police that in 1969 Bishop Max Davis abused a student at St. Benedict’s College in New Nocria,” said a statement from the Catholic Military Ordinariate of Australia.
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