Trial of Waverley man accused of historical sex crimes by two young women continues in Midland
Robert Moroziuk, 50, accused of historical sex crimes by two complainants walks out of the Midland, Ont. courthouse on June 13, 2025. (CTV News / Mike Arsalides)
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The defence cross-examined a second complainant who alleges she was sexually violated by a Waverley man when she was a child between 2011 and 2015.
Robert Moroziuk, 50, is charged with nine counts, including sexual assault, sexual interference, invitational to sexual touching and forcible confinement, relating to allegations made by two young women who said they were children at the time, between the ages of five and 12 and came forward to provincial police last year.
Moroziuk heard testimony from his second accuser in a Midland courtroom Friday as defence lawyer Andrew Knott cross-examined the witness trying to find illustrate to the court inconsistencies in testimony and lapses in memory.
The witness told the court Moroziuk touched her breasts and pulled down his shorts to expose himself to her in his backyard. When exactly it happened was not clear. The witness previously told the court it was during the summer.
Robert Moroziuk
Robert Moroziuk, 50, accused of historical sex crimes by two complainants walks out of the Midland, Ont. courthouse on June 13, 2025. (CTV News / Mike Arsalides)
The defence repeatedly suggested to the complainant the incidents never occurred.
'I'm going to suggest you don't have an independent recollection of them because they did not happen,' Knott told the witness.
'100% they did happen,' said the young woman who described her memory as 'foggy.' She revealed she has been diagnosed with PTSD, depression and anxiety.
'I wouldn't say it is so foggy that I can't remember,' she clarified when pressed by Knott about the reliability of her memory.
Knott made a series of suggestions to the witness stating Moroziuk did not expose himself, make comments about her body; including her breasts, try to kiss her or touch her body.
The witness disagreed with each of the suggestions made by the defence. She maintained the incidents occurred.
Knott, during his approximately two hours of cross-examination of the witness, proposed the complainant only provided a statement to police to help bolster testimony from the other complainant in the case. Identities of the complainants are protected by a publication ban.
The Crown told the court it intends to call three more witnesses to testify. The defence said it will also call its own witnesses to testify.
The third day of the trial before Justice Philop John Brissette is scheduled for next week in Barrie.
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