AUSTRALIA
West Coast Sentinel
Ken Grimson
17 Oct 2016
6.45pm:
Earlier, Judge Lerve said even the gravest of suspicions cannot amount to proof beyond reasonable doubt.
Judge Lerve said that in one of the police-recorded conversations between the priest and the alleged victim last year Fr Neru “all but admitted the conduct, it seems to me.”
The verdict was welcomed by St Joseph’s Leeton Parish Council chairman Rob Houghton.
“Ultimately it is good news for Fr Neru,” he said.
“However, it is a massive shame that he has had his name dragged through the mud.”
Mr Houghton said the St Joseph’s parish in Leeton had been shocked when Fr Neru was initially charged late last year.
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