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	Former Ipswich Priest to Face Sex Trial By Felicity Caldwell Brisbane Times February 17, 2010 http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/former-ipswich-priest-to-face-sex-trial-20100217-o9dd.html A former Ipswich Catholic priest is to face trial over allegedly sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl. Murray Alexander Moffat, 64, has been accused of indecent dealings with the girl while he was working as a parish priest in Booval 30 years ago. The offences are alleged to have occurred between 1977 and 1981 when the man, then aged between 32 and 36, was working as a Catholic priest for the Sacred Heart Church. The former priest was charged two counts of indecent treatment of a child aged under 16 in June last year following an investigation by the Ipswich Criminal Investigation Branch which lasted several months. The Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane said Moffat had resigned from his Birkdale parish, east of Brisbane, and was on leave from any pastoral duties as a result of the allegations. He was committed to stand trial yesterday.
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