Former Catholic Christian Brother Priest Arrested at Cootamundra

Daily Advertiser
November 10, 2014

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Police have charged a former Catholic Christian Brother in relation to alleged historical indecent assaults upon a number of children in Sydney’s Northern Beaches and Goulburn.

Initial reports from NSW Police Media had incorrectly described the person charged as a former Catholic priest.

About 9am on Monday, police went to a house in Cootamundra and arrested a 75-year-old man.

A search warrant was executed at the house and a number of items were seized, including documents and computers.

The items will be undergo forensic examination.

The man was taken to Cootamundra police station and charged with nine counts of indecent assault of a male and one count of committing an act of indecency.

He was granted conditional bail and will face Cootamundra Local Court on December 5.

It is alleged the man committed offences at schools in Manly and Goulburn between 1973 and 1976.

The charges are the result of a complaint made in May alleging the man assaulted five boys.