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Rape accused priest s account is like a strange, teenage boy s fantasy , prosecutor tells jury
John Clohosey denies raping the woman in 1986 in Gateshead, saying they didn t have sex and what happened was consensual
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A rape accused priest s account of a sexual encounter with his alleged victim was like a “strange, teenage boy s fantasy”, a court heard.
Rape-accused priest tells court: We never claim to be perfect
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image captionFather John Clohosey told the court he had visited the woman for friendship
A priest accused of raping a woman told a jury he went to her house to see if she would make love with him and said we never claim to be perfect .
Retired Roman Catholic priest John Clohosey, 72, who presided over churches across north-east England, is accused of attacking the woman in her Gateshead home in 1986.
Newcastle Crown Court has heard he forced himself upon her in her bedroom.
Father Clohosey, of St Mary s Priory in Filey, North Yorkshire, denies rape.