AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Joanna Menagh
A Perth court has heard a Catholic Bishop tell police he found it “distressing” and “horrifying” to have been accused of child sexual abuse dating back more than 45 years.
Max Davis, most recently the Catholic Bishop of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), made the comments when he was being interviewed by detectives three years ago about an allegation he abused a boarding student, 13, at Saint Benedict’s College in New Norcia in 1969.
A recording of the police interview was played to the District Court on Wednesday, where Mr Davis is on trial accused of abusing the boy and four others when he was a teacher and dormitory master at the school from 1969 and 1972.
At the time of the interview, in April 2013, police had received a complaint from only one former student alleging he was sexually abused after going to see Mr Davis about a sex education class he had given.
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