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  Clergymen to Get Extra Protection

The Courier-Mail [Australia]
February 15, 2005

A SYDNEY Catholic priest and a religious brother awaiting extradition to New Zealand on child sex charges will receive extra protection while in custody in Australia.

The two members of the St John of God Catholic order, who worked for the Marylands school in Christchurch, are accused of sodomising and indecently assaulting boys as young as eight between 1966 and 1979.

Father Raymond John Garchow, 59, and Brother Rodger Maloney, 69, face a total of 32 sexual assault charges against former students at the school for boys with intellectual and learning disabilities.

Both men were ordered yesterday to be handed over to New Zealand authorities.

Their lawyers are fighting to have them released on bail while they await extradition, and have lodged a review of the extradition orders.

Mr Maloney's solicitor, Greg Walsh, asked the Federal Court today to recommend the NSW Department of Corrective Services tighten protection for the two men while in custody, given the nature of their alleged crimes.

Justice Rodney Madgwick said he would advise the department to comply with the recommendation.

Mr Walsh told the court the men had not received the medication they needed while in Silverwater Correctional Remand Centre.

Mr Maloney, who has had prostate cancer, and Mr Garchow, who has had throat cancer, were said to have been depressed since their arrest in December 2003.

"Both of them require urgent medical assistance," Mr Walsh told the court.

Justice Madgwick said he would ask for a doctor to visit the men.

The pair's bail application was adjourned until Friday.

 
 

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