AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
THE timing was unintentional, but somewhat uncanny.
Just minutes both before and after the announcement of a royal commission into sexual abuse of children, NSW police arrested two former Catholic school employees in relation to alleged assaults against children at western Sydney schools dating back 25 years.
The arrests, made as part of the Sex Crimes Squad’s Strike Force Avia, relate to claims of the sexual assault of two 13-year-old boys in 1987, and one girl, aged eight, in 1985.
Police will allege a number of incidents took place on school grounds at a Catholic college in Bankstown and a Catholic primary school at Lalor Park.
Police last night arrested a 58-year-old former Catholic teacher at his Blacktown home, while a 59-year-old Catholic brother was arrested at an address at The Entrance.
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