Michael Aulsebrook, 60, has pleaded not guilty to raping a year 7 boarding student in 1988 during his time as a boarding co-ordinator at Salesian College Rupertswood in the Victorian County Court
Michael Aulsebrook, 60, pleaded not guilty to raping a year 7 boarding student in 1988 during his time as a boarding co-ordinator at Salesian College Rupertswood in Sunbury, north-west of Melbourne.
The Victorian County Court heard the priest invited the young student to play video games in his office after lights out when he allegedly gave him a soft drink laced with sedatives.
Michael Aulsebrook, 60, has pleaded not guilty to raping a year 7 boarding student in 1988 during his time as a boarding co-ordinator at Salesian College Rupertswood in the Victorian County Court
Prosecutor Andrew Grant told the court on Tuesday that the victim woke up on the floor of the office while Aulsebrook was raping him before he said: 'Get out of my sight. You disgust me.
'He felt a large amount of pain,' Mr Grant told the court. 'The accused was pushing (the victim's) face into the floor.'
He said the young boy left the office and sat on the roof of a building for three hours before before going to bed afraid and in pain, The Age reported.
Aulsebrook allegedly invited the boy to come and play games several more times, but he refused and told his grandfather what happened and left before the end of the school year.
According to the Herald Sun, he was asked to leave for behavioural reasons. The jury heard a police interview from 2012 where Aulsebrook told officers he didn't have any games on his computer in his office He reportedly claimed that he did not allow any students to use his officer computer and wrote the allegations off as 'absolutely rubbish'.
Defence barrister Megan Tittensor told jurors they needed to keep an open mind and put aside publicity surrounding the Catholic church. 'It has no bearing on this case,' she said. 'Consider how difficult it would be to defend yourself following an allegation this many years later.'
Ms Tittensor said Aulsebrook emphatically denied the charge. The court is yet to hear evidence from the victim. The trial continues before Judge Geoffrey Chettle.
It's nice to know that the Church has left its mark of the beast everywhere it's setup shop... a constant reminder these days, especially to those least likely to hear these stories... slowly it forces the truth into their dungeon of darkness, setup by the Church and pathologic society to control them.. the chains don't come off until we take them off, and most people don't know they're there... it takes a lot of catalyst to turn such a large ship of state... especially when it's the state of our minds.