Queensland paedophile priest acquitted of historical child sex offences

The alleged offences occurred between January 29, 1974 and April 1, 1975. The complainant was in year 8 and 9 at St Kieran’s at the time.

The separate alleged offences occurred early in 1974 shortly after the student started at the school, in the lead-up to Easter 1974, in the lead-up to Christmas 1974 and in the lead-up to Easter 1975.

However, the prosecution’s case was unravelled by inconsistencies and conflicting statements in the complainant’s evidence.

These included where on the complainant’s body Creen allegedly rubbed, where in the chapel these alleged offences took place and how the complainant came to be in the chapel each time.

“The complainant claims that on every occasion, he was sent to the chapel from class by a…