AUSTRALIA
Illawarra Mercury
March 25, 2015
A former Holy Spirit College priest has pleaded not guilty to the indecent assault of a student in 1988.
Father Patrick Kervin, 58, fronted Port Kembla Local Court on Wednesday charged with one count of indecent assault.
Police allege that while serving as chaplain at the Bellambi school in 1988, the Catholic priest, now living in Sydney, assaulted a 15-year-old boy.
The hearing has been adjourned to May 6 and Fr Kervin has been excused from attending if legally represented.
Fr Kervin celebrated 25 years of Marist priesthood in September, 2010.
He has taught at Lismore’s Woodlawn College and the Marist Regional College in Burnie, Tasmania, where he was principal for two years.
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