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	Priest Sentenced over Child Sex Offences The Age October 3, 2008 http://news.theage.com.au/national/priest-sentenced-over-child-sex-offences-20081003-4t7p.html A 57-year-old Catholic priest has been sentenced to 15 years' prison for 18 sex offences involving seven boys. Judge Robert Hulme sentenced Paul Raymond Evans in the NSW District Court on Friday for molesting students while at Boystown, Engadine, in Sydney's south from 1977 to 1988. He was given a 15-year sentence with a non-parole period of nine and a half years. A jury in July found Evans guilty of nine counts of homosexual intercourse by a teacher, seven counts of indecent assault and two acts of indecency. 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. In sentencing, Justice Hulme said he considered the severity of the offences, the likelihood of Evans' rehabilitation and the fact he played a significant role as an authority at Boystown. "The offender has reasonable but not good prospect of rehabilitation," the judge told the court. He also said disadvantaged youths attended Boystown and were even more vulnerable to harm. Following the sentencing, the courtroom erupted in applause from a number of the victims and their families. Outside the court, one victim said he considered the outcome "an excellent result". "It's been dealt with properly for once," said the man, who cannot be identified. "We've done our time, now he can do his time."
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