Former Anglican dean of Newcastle Graeme Lawrence's sexual assault trial aborted, judge-alone trial begins

From Australia-

THE sexual assault trial of former Anglican Dean of Newcastle, Graeme Lawrence, began again on Wednesday in a judge-alone trial, a day after the proceedings were aborted and the jury discharged due to potentially prejudicial publicity. 

Mr Lawrence has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual intercourse without consent and one of indecent assault in relation to an alleged assault on a 15-year-old boy in 1991. The prosecution case is that Mr Lawrence - then the second-most senior Anglican in the Newcastle diocese - had sexual intercourse with the 15-year-old in his house, known as the Deanery, next door to Christ Church Cathedral, on a night sometime between April 1 and December 31, 1991.

More here-

https://www.theherald.com.au/story/6225999/new-trial-for-former-dean/?cs=305 

also here-

https://www.portnews.com.au/story/6226879/jury-discharged-former-deans-sexual-assault-trial-starts-again/?cs=9397