Crown prosecutor Craig Leggat, SC, put the claim to Mr Lawrence on Wednesday afternoon at the conclusion of more than a day of cross-examination.

Mr Lawrence, who has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual intercourse without consent and one of indecent assault, has repeatedly denied the allegations or knowing the complainant.

"I have never been in that room or anywhere with [the complainant]. It did not happen," he said.

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It is alleged Mr Lawrence, then the second-most senior Anglican in the Newcastle diocese, approached the complainant while he was setting up musical equipment in Christ Church Cathedral and invited him to go for a walk.

Mr Lawrence then allegedly invited the complainant back to his house, known as the Deanery, where he said other young people were gathered.

Upon arriving, the complainant said he was taken to a office-sized room that had pictures of naked boys on two walls.

Mr Lawrence then allegedly forced the complainant onto his hands and knees and began to fondle his genitals before forcing him to have sexual intercourse.

"It's OK, just relax," Mr Lawrence allegedly told the complainant.

He is also alleged to have said "Are you enjoying it?", to which the complainant replied "No".

The complainant was leaving the Deanery when Mr Lawrence allegedly said no one would believe him if he reported the incident.

Earlier, Mr Leggat presented Mr Lawrence with a transcript of the evidence of a trial witness who recalled being at the Cathedral with a small group of young people in the early 1990s when Mr Lawrence approached them.

"He [Lawrence] said 'Hello [name of complainant]'...I thought it was odd that he singled out [the complainant]," the witness said.

Mr Leggat asked Mr Lawrence if the evidence had helped jog his memory of the complainant.

"I have no recollection of saying that...I don't know where that came from," Mr Lawrence said.

The judge-alone trail continues on Thursday.