Priest guilty of 18 child sex offences
Friday, July 25 2008 @ 08:07 AM BST
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Tag: australia A 57-year-old Catholic priest has been remanded in custody after a Sydney jury found him guilty of 18 sex offences involving seven boys.
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After almost seven days of deliberations, the New South Wales District Court jury today found Father Paul Raymond Evans guilty of nine counts of homosexual intercourse by a teacher, seven counts of indecent assault and two acts of indecency.
He was found not guilty of one homosexual count and one indecent assault.
Evans, a member of the Catholic order the Salesians of Don Bosco, had been a dormitory master at Boys Town, Engadine, in Sydney's south.
The offences occurred between 1977 and 1988.
In his evidence to the jury, Evans admitted sometimes hugging and comforting the teenage students in his dormitory, but denied touching them sexually.
Judge Robert Hulme remanded Evans in custody, adjourning sentencing submissions to September 19.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/stor...61,00.html
