AUSTRALIA
news.com.au
MAY 18, 2017
Tom Rabe
Australian Associated Press
The NSW boys school where a Catholic brother is alleged to have raped and beaten young boys in the 1970s and 80s was “not for the faint-hearted” his defence has told a Sydney court.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, faces 125 charges including indecent assault and buggery at the school for intellectually disabled and “criminally inclined”.
“This organisation, this school, was not for the faint-hearted, by any stretch of the imagination,” defence counsel Alex Radojev told the Downing Centre District Court on Thursday.
“Bad things happened. Evil things happened.”
But Mr Radojev stressed the trial was not about the Catholic Church, rather the actions of an individual.
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