AUSTRALIA
7 News
Michelle Vella, 7News Adelaide, Yahoo!7
June 6, 2013
A Catholic priest named and shamed by Senator Nick Xenophon in Parliament over rape allegations is demanding an apology after being cleared.
The director of public prosecution has announced no charges will be laid against Monsignor Ian Dempsey over sex abuse allegations made by Bishop John Hepworth, dating back to the 1960s.
“Humiliating and demeaning experience and I think I’ve mentioned this before, it’s an evil act to do under parliamentary privilege because Xenophon had never talked to me,” Monsignor Dempsey said.
He says his faith guided him, but it seems he is not entirely prepared to turn the other cheek.
“I can never prove I am innocent, that’s the hurtful thing, yes,” he said.
Monsignor Dempsey now wants Nick Xenophon to apologise in parliament for naming him.
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