AUSTRALIA
Press TV (Iran)
One of the most senior members of the Catholic Church in Australia has resigned after being charged by a court with child sex abuse.
Bishop Max Davis is accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old student at Saint Benedict’s College in Western Australia, where he was a teacher back in 1969.
Davis is the first Australian Catholic bishop to be charged with child abuse as sex scandals continue to shake the Catholic Church.
“At that time – 45 years ago – the bishop was not ordained,” the church said in a statement. “The bishop emphatically denies the allegation and the charge will be defended.”
Davis served as chaplain on various ships and bases in Australia and overseas as bishop of the Australian Defense Force.
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