Priest takes a holiday after rape claim story breaks

[Ian David]

''THE priest now says he is going on annual leave. Why couldn't he have done it yesterday?'' Senator Nick Xenophon asked.

''I didn't want to do what I did. I waited until the very last moment - I put myself down for the last speaking spot in the Senate last night, waiting and hoping that the church would contact me and tell me the priest was being placed on leave pending an investigation.

''But it didn't happen, and I felt I had no choice but to go ahead.''

Senator Xenophon was speaking about his use of parliamentary privilege to name a South Australian priest he said raped a trainee Catholic priest - now an Anglican archbishop - more than 40 years ago.

More:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/priest-takes-a-holiday-after-rape-claim-story-breaks-20110914-1k9re.html


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