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Another one of 100s of recent news reports about sex crimes
by Christian priests:
Cleric on abuse charges
The Sunday Mail
Sunday, June 11, 2006
A Former deacon in a religious order linked to the
Anglican Church was yesterday charged with sex offences
involving a street kid.
The clergyman, in his 80s, was arrested by detectives
from the Sexual Crime Investigation Branch and taken to
the city watch house, where he was formally charged just
before 11am.
He is facing six counts of indecent assault and one count
of gross indecency. He has been given police bail to
appear in Adelaide Magistrates Court at a later date.
The charges relate to the alleged abuse of a male street
kid between 1979 and 1982.
The clergyman, who cannot legally be identified, has been
the subject of serious allegations since 2002, when his
alleged activities arose during an inquiry into sexual
abuse within the Anglican Church.
Detectives intensified their investigations into the
clergyman three weeks ago after one witness to the
Mullighan inquiry gave a detailed account of his alleged
abuse to the Sunday Mail.
The witness, Bill, detailed how the clergyman and two of
his colleagues - both now dead - allegedly abused him and
other street kids when they were placed in a city
homeless shelter the clergymen were in charge of.
The charges the clergyman was arrested over yesterday
relate to the alleged sexual abuse of Bill at the city
shelter between 1979 and 1982.
Bill has told the Mullighan inquiry and the Sunday Mail
the clergymen also allegedly took street kids from the
shelter and provided them to a group of Adelaide men who
would sexually abuse them.
The men included a well-known lawyer, a former
Correctional Services officer and a police suspect in one
of the "Family" murders.
Bill also has detailed a five-year sexual relationship
with a prominent legal identity connected with the group
of men.
He says this man paid him for sex every week and that
photographs were taken of them naked. Their liaison
started when he was aged 16.
SCIB detectives are conducting a major investigation into
these allegations and similar claims made by another
former street kid, John.
Detectives have seized material from the legal identity's
home and office, as well as interview notes and tapes
from the offices of the Sunday Mail as part of that
investigation.
The Sunday Mail has learned the charged clergyman is a
member of the Society of the Sacred Mission.
He worked at a city homeless shelter before being
ordained as a deacon, and held a general licence in the
Diocese of Adelaide.
Former Anglican Archbishop Ian George withdrew his
general licence and requested he relinquish his orders as
a deacon after allegations about his conduct were made to
the Anglican abuse inquiry.
He relinquished his orders but has remained a lay member
of the Society of the Sacred Mission.
The man declined to comment on the charges when
approached by the Sunday Mail as he left the city watch
house just after noon yesterday.
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