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Survivors of child sexual abuse will continue their evidence at a royal commission examining what happens in criminal trials where an accused faces multiple charges allegedly committed against a number of children.
It’s the second day of the hearing which has already heard one survivor witness say that in a trial where he was the sole witness he was made to feel as if he was the guilty one.
The man referred to as CDR was a witness in one of six trials in 2003 and 2004 which saw Marist brother John Maguire defend multiple allegations of sexually molesting young boarders at St Joseph’s College in Sydney.
Each complaint was tried separately and juries were not informed of the other cases. Maguire was found not guilty in all trials.
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