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	Jury Retires to Consider Verdict in Sexual Assault Case ABC News February 11, 2008 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/11/2159872.htm A Launceston Criminal Court jury will tomorrow begin considering its verdict in the case of a former Burnie priest, accused of sexually assaulting 3 boys. 72 year old Roger Michael Bellemore has stood trial in the Launceston Criminal Court the past week. He's denied 3 counts of maintaining a sexual relationship with a young person under the age of 17. It is alleged the offences happened while Bellemore worked as a priest at Burnie's Marist College in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In a closing submission, his lawyer Greg Walsh argued there were inconsistencies and embellishment in the stories of the 3 alleged victims. But the Crown Prosecutor Michael Stoddart said Bellemore used a position of trust and admiration to draw boys to his room and use them for his own sexual satisfaction.
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