AUSTRALIA
Goulburn Post
Louise Thrower
@ThrowerLouise
25 Aug 2016
A CHRISTIAN Brother has been acquitted on six historical sex charges.
At the same time the Judge has criticised the Catholic Church’s handling of the matter and said he accepted the accused did sexually assault the complainant.
Christopher Rafferty, 65, of Ryde, left immediately after Judge David Frearson handed down his decision in Sydney District Court on August 25.
He was acquitted on three counts of indecent assault and three of homosexual intercourse. Police alleged this occurred on a St Patrick’s College, Goulburn student aged 14 to 16 between 1984 and 1987.
Rafferty pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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