'His manipulation of me was crippling': Victim of child abuser magistrate delivers a heartbreaking statement about the lasting effects of his trauma to court Man who was assaulted by a magistrate has read an impact statement to court Graeme Curran, 69, was in April found guilty of assaulting the boy in the 1980s The victim told the NSW District Court Curran's manipulation was 'crippling'By Australian Associated Press Published: 09:24 BST, 17 May 2019 | Updated: 09:24 BST, 17 May 2019 Viewcomments A man who was indecently assaulted as a teenager by a NSW magistrate has told a court Graeme Curran's physical acts were impossible to forget and his manipulation 'crippling'. In a victim impact statement read to the NSW District Court, the man said he'd been subjected to significant emotional trauma and his life had been 'stunted and twisted by a perverse sense of guilt and confusion'. 'While the physical acts have been impossible to forget, Graeme Curran's psychological manipulation of me proved crippling, ' he said at a sentence hearing on Friday. A man who was indecently assaulted as a teenager by a NSW magistrate has told a court Graeme Curran's (pictured) physical acts were impossible to forget Graeme Bryan Curran (left) arrived with his lawyer (right) for a sentence hearing at John Maddison Tower Sheriff's Office in Sydney on Friday 'The stories and lies that were made to keep me silent, and the resulting emotional breakdowns of my late childhood, left me with a chronic sense of helplessness, changing the direction of my life momentarily.' Curran, now 69, was in April found guilty of seven charges after denying nine counts of indecently assaulting the boy in the 1980s. The jury cleared him of the other two charges. He was sworn in as a magistrate in 2002 but was suspended after being charged in November 2017. The NSW chief magistrate's office previously said he would remain suspended until all criminal proceedings had concluded. Curran, now 69, was found guilty in April of seven charges after denying nine counts of indecently assaulting the boy in the 1980s Curran was sworn in as a magistrate in 2002 but was suspended after being charged in November 2017 Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility