AUSTRALIA
The Australian
A CATHOLIC priest who is a friend of NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith has been arrested in relation to child sex offences.
Police said the 77-year-old priest was questioned at Ryde police station and charged in relation to alleged indecent assaults that had been renamed under the Crimes Act 1900..
The priest was the subject of a police investigation that began in 2010 following complaints he abused young girls 30 years ago.
He has maintained his innocence.
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