AUSTRALIA
Daily Telegraph
May 24, 2016
Anna Hitchings
Liverpool Leader
A RETIRED primary school teacher charged with historical sex offences is accused of forcing a male student into an empty classroom after school and sexually assaulting him.
Peter Higgins, 77, was charged in January for the assault, which is alleged to have occurred in 1975 at Patrician Brothers Catholic School, now All Saints, in Liverpool.
According to documents tendered in court last week, the Patrician brother allegedly forced the boy, then aged 11, to hide in the closet of an adjoining classroom while securing the room before assaulting him.
The alleged victim, now in his 50s, claims he was indecently assaulted on three separate occasions before he was raped by Mr Higgins against the teacher’s desk.
The documents allege that during the rape, school principal Basil Downey walked in and began yelling at Mr Higgins.
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