AUSTRALIA
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AAP
A retired Anglican priest convicted of molesting five boys over three decades in WA has been admonished by a judge for admitting at least two of the offences after subjecting the victims to a trial.
Raymond Sydney Cheek was aged 84 in November when he was found guilty by a jury of committing an act of gross indecency and two counts each of indecent assault and indecent dealings with a child between 1955 and 1985.
He was granted bail before sentencing on Tuesday.
But Cheek wrote an eight-page letter of complaint to District Court of WA judge Ronald Birmingham complaining about his lawyer Michael Perrella’s conduct at the trial – and found himself without counsel.
After Judge Birmingham forwarded the correspondence to the lawyer, he refused to continue acting for Cheek, saying the trust between him and his client was gone.
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