ABC News
October 3, 2008
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/03/2381415.htm
A Catholic priest has been sentenced to 15 years jail for sex offences against seven boys at a Sydney school.
A District Court jury found Father Paul Raymond Evans guilty of nine counts of homosexual intercourse by a teacher, seven of indecent assault and two of indecency.
The offences occurred between 1977 and 1988 when the 57-year-old was a teacher and dorm master at Boys' Town at Engadine in Sydney's south.
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| Judge Hume said the Catholic priest's offences were a gross breach of trust. Photo by Martin Bernetti |
In sentencing him to 15 years jail, with a non-parole period of nine-and-a-half years, Judge Hume said the offences occurred in the school dormitory and on trips and were a gross breach of trust.
He said Evans exploited the affection showed to him by his students and the memories of the trauma he caused still haunt them.
Judge Humes said Evans had shared the responsibility for his students' spiritual and emotional welfare.
Some of his victims, who were in the New South Wales District Court to hear the sentence handed down, applauded and cheered.
One shouted "rot in hell" and another "I bet you feel special now".
Outside the court, one of the victims said parents need to be aware that teachers can abuse the trust placed in them.
"All of us love kids, all of us one day might have kids," he said.
"To know your children are going to be thrown into a society that's going to have the possibility of sexual abuse should scare all parents."
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