Vic priest found guilty of 1970s assault

Sky News
July 1, 2014

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/local/melbourne/2014/07/01/vic-priest-found-guilty-of-1970s-assault.html

A former Victorian priest has been found guilty of sexually assaulting an altar boy who came to his home to perform chores for pocket money 40 years ago.

The victim broke his silence when he heard the priest was to conduct his aunt's funeral.

In the 1970s, James Henry Scannell, now 88, lured the 12-year-old altar boy into his bedroom and assaulted him.

He then ordered the child to take a shower and sent him home in tears, telling him never to speak of what happened.

In 2010 when the victim heard Scannell had agreed to conduct his aunt's funeral he told his family to find another priest and contacted police a few months later.