Perth police charge former priest and scout leader with sex assaults

By Emma Young
WA Today
July 15, 2015

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/perth-police-charge-former-priest-and-scout-leader-with-sex-assaults-20150715-gicihw.html

Perth police have charged an 83-year-old former priest and scout leader with the sexual assault of three boys between 1954 and 1979. 

WA Police spokeswoman Susan Usher said the alleged assaults against two ten-year-old boys and one 16-year-old occurred when the man was an Anglican Priest in Ravensthorpe and a scout leader in Wembley. 

The state taskforce investigating historical child sexual abuse complaints has charged the Wembley Downs man with two counts of indecent treatment of a child under 14 and one count of committing indecent practices between males in a private place. 

The man is due to re-appear at Perth Magistrates Court on August 27. 

If you are or have been a victim of child abuse, or if you have information about someone being abused, please contact police on 131 444.