OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott
vouched in court for the good character of a Catholic priest later
struck off the clergy list by the Vatican following a child abuse case.
Fr John Gerard Nestor, who attended Sydney's St Patrick's Seminary with Mr Abbott in the 1980s, was a priest in the Wollongong diocese in NSW when he was charged with the indecent assault of a 15-year-old altar boy in 1991.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/tony-abbott-vouched-for-catholic-priest-later-struck-off-by-vatican/story-e6frg6n6-1226571738051
Fr John Gerard Nestor, who attended Sydney's St Patrick's Seminary with Mr Abbott in the 1980s, was a priest in the Wollongong diocese in NSW when he was charged with the indecent assault of a 15-year-old altar boy in 1991.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/tony-abbott-vouched-for-catholic-priest-later-struck-off-by-vatican/story-e6frg6n6-1226571738051