Former island priest faces gross indecency charges

The trial has begun at the Royal Court in St Helier

A former Jersey Catholic parish priest has gone on trial at the Royal Court charged with a series of sexual offences involving a child.

Sixty-one-year-old Piotr Glas denies 10 charges.

Eight refer to acts of alleged gross indecency over a two-year period while two are allegations of indecent assault.

All the offences are alleged to have taken place when the child was between 13 and 15-years-old.

The jury heard prosecution claims that Glas groomed the child in question, and had abused the trust placed in him, both as a priest and by the child's family.

The trial is expected to last into next week.