AUSTRALIA
Canberra Times
October 3, 2013
Michael Inman
Courts reporter for The Canberra Times.
A Canberra Catholic priest will stand trial over allegations of historical offences against a child in the 1990s.
The ACT Magistrates Court also heard Father Edward Evans was under police investigation over further allegations and fresh charges could be laid in the coming weeks.
Father Evans, 84, was arrested and charged earlier this year with three acts of indecency between 1994 and 1997.
The German-language chaplain is accused of indecently touching a girl three times, twice when she was between 11 and 12, and a third time when she was 13.
He has pleaded not guilty to the allegations.
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