Former Act Priest Edward Evans Found Not Guilty of Indecency Charges

ABC News
April 1, 2015

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-02/canberra-priest-edward-evans-found-not-guilty/6368944

PHOTO: Edward Evans was facing six charges of committing acts of indecency against a young girl. (ABC News)

Former Canberra priest Edward Evans has been found not guilty of molesting a young girl in the 1990s.

Evans, 85, was facing six charges after the woman claimed he had committed acts of indecency when she was aged between 10 and 13 at the time.

Evans was alleged to have touched the girl inappropriately several times, mostly while at his home after church services, including when he was sitting beside her at the dining table.

During a police interview played to the jury during the trial, Evans conceded he had touched the girl on the bottom but said it was not sexual.

The jury deliberated for just under eight hours.