AUSTRALIA
The Canberra Times
March 25, 2015
Christopher Knaus
Reporter for The Canberra Times.
A former Catholic priest told his alleged abuse victim to “move on” and stop living in the past when she asked for an apology during a covertly recorded phone call almost 20 years later, a court has heard.
Father Edward Evans, now 85, went on trial in the ACT Supreme Court on Wednesday over allegations he abused a young girl at his home on five occasions and at Cooleman Court on another.
The girl and her family attended his German-language church in Braddon, and were close with Father Evans, who was often referred to as “Father Eddie”.
The Crown, represented by Sara Gul, alleges the priest put his hands down the girl’s pants and grabbed her bottom three times, and digitally penetrated her twice in his kitchen.
It is also alleged he grabbed her breast while they sat alone in a car outside of Cooleman Court, before pulling her on top of him into a straddling position.
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