former jehovah's elder on sex assault charge .
a former jehovah's witness elder who apologised to his alleged victim on facebook has been charged with two counts of indecent assault.
richard hill will appear in the heidelberg magistrate's court on march 1 over allegations that he sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl in 1981.. the victim, now 38, told fairfax media that mr hill did everything except penetrate her - ''he tried, but couldn't manage''.. she said she ''did not realise the gravity'' of what had happened until she was about 14.. at that point she told her mother, who could not act because of a jehovah's witness rule that allegations of sexual abuse would only be acted on if two elders witnessed it, she said.. much later, the victim confronted mr hill on facebook.
I have an update on this- Richard Hill’s court case is currently being heard in the magistrate’s court in Heidelberg. The victim has given evidence in a close court and The hearing is now adjourned after full 3 days to be heard at a later date.
The Victim knows there is possibly another victim out there as it was reported to 2 particular elders at the time but never recorded due to the 2-witness rule.
