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  Priest Charged with Sex Offences

Sydney Morning Herald
September 27, 2010

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/priest-charged-with-sex-offences-20100927-15tpc.html

A retired Catholic priest has been charged with sex offences against two boys in Newcastle in the 1980s.

The 68-year-old man from suburban Mayfield on Monday kept an appointment to present himself at a police station, where he was charged with 14 offences related to sex with children at a former convent.

The charges include sexual intercourse with a child aged over 10 and under 16, eight counts of indecent assault on person under 16 and five counts of acts of indecency to person under 16.

Police said the charges relate to the alleged assault of two boys at the former convent in the Newcastle suburb of Windale in the 1980s.

The fromer priest has been granted conditional bail to appear at Newcastle Local Court on October 19.

The charges flow from Strike Force Georgiana, which was established in March 2008 by detectives investigating historic child sexual abuse allegations.

 
 

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