AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Joanna Menagh
The Catholic Bishop of the Australian Defence Force has taken the stand and denied, under oath, that he ever sexually abused teenage boys 45 years ago.
Max Davis, 70, was on trial in Perth accused of abusing five boarders when he was a dormitory master at Saint Benedict’s College at New Norcia, north of Perth, between 1969 and 1972.
Davis, who voluntarily stood aside from his role as Catholic Bishop of the ADF when he was charged, was a teacher and dormitory master at the school and it is alleged he molested the boys on five separate occasions when they were aged about 13 or 14.
In his evidence Davis said he had no “independent recollection” of any of the complainants, and repeatedly denied that he had ever abused any of them.
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