UPDATE: AUGUST 2016
Humphreys has been arrested in Western Australia after he finished serving his sentence there. He has been extradited to NSW to face further charges.
UPDATED: OCTOBER 2014
WA priest jailed for sex offences
- October 15, 2014 2:17PM
A CATHOLIC priest will spend at least 11 months behind bars after being convicted of abusing a West Australian teenager more than 30 years ago.
GLENN Humphreys, 61, was found guilty of abusing a boy between 1983 and 1986 when the boy was aged 15 to 17.
A District Court jury found Humphreys guilty of four counts of unlawful and indecent assault, but acquitted him of carnal knowledge against the order of nature.
During sentencing submissions on Wednesday, defence lawyer Seamus Rafferty argued there was an “immature context” to the offending rather than any form of grooming.
Mr Rafferty said his client was struggling with his sexuality at the time and there was an “adolescent quality” to the hugging and touching that made the case “exceptional”.
“There clearly was a fondness between these two people,” he said.
Mr Rafferty said his client was “deeply remorseful” and had engaged in rehabilitation, which Judge Philip Eaton accepted.
Judge Eaton also accepted that Humphreys was a low-risk of re-offending but said the pair formed a “grossly inappropriate” relationship and general deterrence was important.
He sentenced Humphreys to 22 months in prison, with a minimum of 11 months before he will be eligible for parole.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/24779307/priest-guilty-of-assault-on-teen/
Priest guilty of assault on teen
Elle Farcic The West Australian
August 22, 2014, 5:25 am
A Catholic priest has been found guilty of sexually abusing a teenage boy on church property in Perth 30 years ago.
Glenn Humphreys was accused of abusing the teenager between 1983 and 1986 while he was assistant priest at a church in Perth’s south.
After six hours of deliberation, a District Court jury last night convicted Humphreys of four counts of unlawful and indecent assault.
He was acquitted of carnal knowledge against the order of nature.
The court was told Humphreys had assaulted the boy in the church’s presbytery and in a bathroom at a nearby primary school.
He admitted having an “inappropriate” sexual relationship with the boy but argued their actions were consensual.
Giving evidence this week, Humphreys said he accepted he took advantage of a vulnerable young person.
He admitted he started to feel a sexual attraction to the boy in the second half of 1985, shortly before he took him to Quinns Rocks for a holiday.
“It didn’t dawn on me at the time that there was anything unusual with that,” he said.
“It was only a little break from the parish, that’s all.”
His victim, now aged 45, lives overseas but came to Perth to give evidence.
The man told the court one of the hardest things he had done was reporting the abuse to police in 2012.
He said the abuse left him confused and shocked, describing some of the incidents as “highly traumatising”.
Humphreys moved to Perth in January 1983 after a stint at an Eastern States school.
Two men who were allegedly abused by Humphreys at the school in the mid-70s and early 80s also gave evidence during the trial.
The men testified Humphreys would put on music, often by his favourite artist Barbra Streisand, before touching them inappropriately.
Two years ago, Humphreys sent his Perth victim a letter of apology and asked for his forgiveness.
Prosecutor James Mactaggart said Humphreys blatantly abused his position of trust.
Humphreys will be sentenced on October 15.
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