AUSTRALIA
The Age
June 26, 2013
Adam Cooper
Reporter for The Age
A Catholic priest who has pleaded not guilty to charges of molesting a boy in a Melbourne parish house more than 40 years ago has been committed to stand trial.
The priest, 87, who cannot be named, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, where magistrate Ann Collins told him there was sufficient evidence for the case to go to trial.
The priest, who struggled to stand up from his seat before he entered a plea, was bailed to appear at the County Court in June next year for a five-day trial.
He has been charged with two counts of buggery on a child under the age of 14 and two counts of indecent assault.
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