A FORMER Victorian Catholic priest has been committed to stand trial for sexually molesting children.
David Edwin Rapson, 59, will fight charges that he abused boys between 1973 and 1990, including at the Salesian College Rupertswood in Sunbury in Melbourne's north where he was a teacher.
During a committal hearing this week, the Melbourne Magistrates Court heard accounts from several former pupils of the school who claimed they were abused by Rapson.
The court heard on Friday that in the 1980s a pupil at Salesian College was abused when he went to speak to Rapson about problems he was having with his father, who was ill.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said in a statement to the court that Rapson gave him scotch whisky and they chatted, before the priest molested him.
On Thursday another former pupil said in a statement to the court that he was given a drink by Rapson that made him feel dizzy and he later woke up to find himself being raped.
Another former pupil said in his statement that he was given a Milo that tasted "a bit strong and quite acrid" before being molested by Rapson.
On Friday, Magistrate Greg McNamara committed Rapson to stand trial on charges including one count of rape and four counts of indecently assaulting a child under 16.
Asked what he pleaded, Rapson replied, "Not guilty."
Rapson will face the Victorian County Court for a directions hearing on December 11 and trial in August next year.
He was released on bail.
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