AUSTRALIA
Sky News
A former Catholic priest, charged with 25 child sex offences against three young girls has been granted bail.
The 59-year-old has appeared in Armidale Local Court via audio visual link from Silverwater Correctional Centre in Sydney and was granted bail, but ordered to forfeit 230-thousand dollars if he fails to comply with the lengthy conditions imposed on him.
The court also ordered he deposit 10-thousand dollars as surety and also ordered two acceptable people each deposit five-thousand dollars surety on his behalf.
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