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preach - preliminary Innocent until proven guilty
除非證明有罪否則清白
As the new priest preached his first sermon
這位新任牧師 第一次講道時
to a small group of predominant older women,
聽眾主要是一小群 老年婦女，
he knew that he was in a precarious position.
這時他知道自己 所處的位置 有些危險。
The preceding priest had left after being accused of being a sexual predator
前任牧師是因為被指控 為性掠奪者而離開的，
who made two young girls in the church pregnant.
因為他讓教堂里的 兩名年輕姑娘 懷孕了。
Prelimi attempts to prove he was the father had to be postponed;
證明他是父親的 初步嘗試只能推遲，
it was still too early for each pregnancy to take DNA samples.
因為讓兩個姑娘做 妊娠期DNA抽樣檢查 還為時太早。
The former priest had not left easily.
前任牧師走得并不容易
He said that it was a prefabricated scheme to get rid of him
他說這是個預先 制定的陰謀，目的 是想把他趕走，
and that it would set poor precedence for subsequent priests.
而這會給后任牧師 留下不好的先例。
But the prejudice against him was too strong
但大家對他的 偏見太大了，
and he left on the precondition that he return if proven innocent.
他只好離開，前提 是如果被證明為無辜 他就回來。
After meeting the two girls,
見了那兩個姑娘之后，
the new priest was predisposed to agree with his predecessor.
新任教士很容易就同意 了前任教士的觀點。
They were not the precious,
她們并非像
innocent girls that they had told the police they were.
她們告訴警察的那樣是 所謂的寶貴的純真少女
They were, in fact, predominated with their image, boys,
實際上，她們特別 注重外表，只顧 招惹男孩子，
and jealousy between each other.
彼此爭風吃醋。
If the new priest could precipitate a confession
如果新任牧師能夠 促成她們的坦白，
a lot of further agony would be spared.
就能省掉更多痛苦。
As he began to befriend them he took all precautions.
開始和那兩個姑娘 接近時，他采取了 一切防備措施。
The precision of his questions was also vague and the girls soon befriended him;
他問的問題既精確 又模糊，兩個女孩 很快就和他交了朋友。
they thought they could trust him.
她們認為他值得信賴，
And they could to an extent,
而且她們確實在某種 程度上可以信賴他，
but he wanted to know the truth.
但他想知道事情 的真相。
Weeks later when they both told him that they had lied,
幾個星期之后，倆人 都告訴他她們撒了謊，
the new priest thanked God that he had made him such a good predictor.
新任牧師感謝上帝把 他創造成了如此厲害 的預言者。
He convinced the girls to go public.
他說服了兩個女孩 去面對公眾。
They apologized and the former priest was restored.
她們道了歉， 前任牧師復了職。
The new priest happily went to another location.
新任牧師則高興地去 了另外一個地方。
The sermon preached on the first Sunday by the restored priest was titled
復職后的牧師在第一個 禮拜天就進行了講道， 其標題是
"Innocent until proven guilty"!
"除非證明 有罪否則清白"。
