Suppression Order to Remain on Nsw Accused Priest

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May 8, 2013

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A court in northern New South Wales has refused to lift a suppression order preventing the naming of a former priest charged with 125 historic child sex abuse offences.

At Armidale Local Court today, Magistrate Karen Stafford ruled there can be no publication of the accused's name or any information which could lead to his identification, or his place of abode.

In October and January, officers from Strike Force Glenroe laid 61 charges against the defendant relating to the alleged abuse of three girls and six alter boys in the Moree and Armidale areas.

The Court heard a further 64 charges have since been added relating to alleged assaults of one boy and two girls in Moree, Narrabri, Inverell and Armidale in the 1980s.

The matter has been adjourned to July 17 and bail has been continued.