AUSTRALIA
The Canberra Times
March 26, 2015
Christopher Knaus
Reporter for The Canberra Times.
The alleged victim of a Catholic priest has denied making up evidence about the Sunday morning teas where she says she was molested.
Father Edward Evans, 85, is accused of repeatedly abusing the girl at his home in Braddon, near where he delivered German-language services, and while they were alone in a car outside Cooleman Court.
The complainant says Father Evans put his hands down her pants and touched her bottom three times, and digitally penetrated her twice during gatherings at his home after his 10am service on Sundays.
She said her family went to the home with Father Evans, who they called “Father Eddie”, on a near-weekly basis.
But, during cross-examination on Thursday, Father Evans’ barrister Steven Whybrow told the woman that Father Evans held a service at Page at 11.30am on three of the four Sundays of each month.
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