Retired Priest Charged with Historical Offences - Hunter Region

Nsw Police Force
December 19, 2012

www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/latest_releases?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3LmViaXoucG9saWNlLm5zdy5nb3YuYXUlMkZtZWRpYSUyRjI3NDQyLmh0bWwmYWxsPTE%3D

NSW Police have charged a retired priest with historical indecent assault offences which allegedly occurred in the Hunter region in the 1960s and 1970s.

On 21 November and 3 December this year, two former students of a local Marist college attended a police station regarding allegations of indecent assault by a teacher who is now retired.

Strike Force Georgiana investigators travelled this month to Cook, in the Australian Capital Territory, and served future court attendance notices on an 80-year-old man at his home address.

He has been charged with three counts of indecent assault allegedly committed against two victims whilst at school in the 1960s and 1970s.

The retired priest was granted bail to appear in Newcastle Local Court on 29 January 2013.

Strike Force Georgiana is a locally run investigation and is ongoing. Further charges are anticipated.

Police encourage victims of any indecent or sexual assault, no matter how long ago, to come forward.