威尔明顿前天主教学校教师儿童性侵案：陪审团裁定多项重罪成立
特拉华州威尔明顿一所已关闭的天主教学校前教师儿童性侵案10月22日宣判：陪审团裁定被告克里斯托弗·克里索纳（Christopher Crisona）所面临的多项重罪全部成立。
据《特拉华在线》（Delaware Online）10月22日报道，庭审不到四天，陪审团即认定克里索纳在上世纪90年代多次强奸一名学生，各项重罪指控均成立。克里索纳曾在威尔明顿现已关闭的圣托马斯使徒学校（St. Thomas the Apostle School）任教数学并负责课外活动。这所学校位于巴亚德大道200号街区，办学105年后于2008年关闭。
由于案发已过去三十年，案件没有DNA或其他物证，受害者的证词成为主要证据。主控副总检察长尼古拉斯·温（Nicholas Wynn）在开庭陈述中向陪审团强调了这一点。辩方则试图通过质疑受害者记忆的可靠性、深挖"压抑记忆"科学和受害者多年来的心理治疗过程来为被告脱罪，但未能说服陪审团。
克里索纳与该校前神父约翰·塔格特（John
Taggart）一同被起诉，塔格特同样面临多项性侵重罪指控，其庭审定于明年1月举行。克里索纳将在未来几个月内被判刑。
Former Wilmington Catholic School Teacher Convicted on Multiple Felonies in Child Sex Abuse Case
A child sex abuse case against a former teacher at a now-closed Catholic school in Wilmington, Delaware, concluded on October 22: a jury found defendant Christopher Crisona guilty on all of the multiple felony counts he faced.
According to Delaware Online on October 22, after a trial of less than four days, the jury found that Crisona raped a student multiple times in the 1990s, convicting him on every felony charge. Crisona taught math and ran extracurricular activities at St. Thomas the Apostle School in Wilmington, which has since closed. The school, in the 200 block of Bayard Avenue, closed in 2008 after 105 years.
Because the abuse occurred some thirty years ago, there was no DNA or other physical evidence, and the victim's testimony was the main evidence. Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Wynn, the lead prosecutor, emphasized that point to the jury in his opening statement. The defense tried to win acquittal by questioning the reliability of the victim's memory, probing the science of 'repressed memory' and the victim's years of therapy, but failed to persuade the jury.
Crisona was charged together with former school priest John Taggart, who also faces multiple felony sex abuse charges; Taggart's trial is set for January. Crisona will be sentenced in the coming months.
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