Former Catholic Priest Faces New Abuse Charges

By Sarah Farnsworth
ABC News
May 31, 2013

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-31/former-catholic-priest-faces-new-abuse-charges/4725726


Police have laid new charges of child sexual abuse against former Catholic priest Frank Klep.

The former principal of the Salesian College Rupertswood faced the Melbourne Magistrates Court today on 31 charges.

The 69-year-old is accused of abusing 11 boys between 1974 and 1984.

He was initially facing six charges of indecent assault, which were laid in February.

The new charges include 29 counts of indecent assault and two counts of rape of a child under the age of 14, and a child under the age of 16.

Police allege all but one of the crimes happened in Sunbury.

Klep's lawyer Tony Hargraves told the court the police case against his client is much bigger because of a raft of new complaints.

The case was adjourned until July.

Klep is one of three former priests from the Salesian College facing criminal charges.