AUSTRALIA
The Telegraph
By Andrew Clennell and Clementine Cuneo
The Daily Telegraph
May 01, 2012
A CLOSE friend of NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith, Catholic priest Father Finian Egan, has been charged with rape and indecent assaults today in connection with alleged child sex offences.
A statement from Police released a short time ago said detectives had “arrested and charged a Catholic priest with child sex offences dating back four decades”.
“The 77-year-old man attended Ryde Police Station with his legal representative about 10am,” the statement said.
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