A Sydney judge has found a Christian
Brother not guilty of a string of child sex offences but says he
believes the man did abuse a teenager three decades ago and that the
Catholic Church’s handling of historical allegations failed the victim.
On
Thursday morning, as he prepared to acquit Christopher Rafferty and
send him from the dock a free man, Judge David Frearson said he believed
the 65-year-old was a sexual predator whose abuse drove a former pupil
to thoughts of suicide.