AUSTRALIA
The Armidale Express
By STEPHEN JEFFERY
Nov. 7, 2012
A FORMER Armidale priest accused of repeatedly sexually abusing three girls during the 1970s and 1980s has been granted bail.
The 59-year-old appeared in Armidale Local Court via audio visual link from the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre in Silverwater this morning.
He offered his house, valued at $230,000, as a surety, as well as $10,000 cash. His brother and sister will also contribute $5000 each in order for bail to be granted.
Magistrate Mark Richardson granted bail with strict conditions after determining the accused would spend too much time in custody while waiting for a trial to commence either next year or in 2014.
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