NEW ZEALAND/AUSTRALIA
7 News
NZ Newswire
Updated November 26, 2012
Police on both sides of the Tasman are staying quiet about how a former Catholic brother accused of sexually abusing children in Australia fled after tardy extradition attempts to bring him back from New Zealand.
St John of God ex-brother Bernard Kevin McGrath, who served two years in a New Zealand jail for sexually abusing boys, had 252 abuse charges laid against him in Newcastle court on June 27.
But the convicted pedophile flew out of Christchurch on the advice of a friend to Sri Lanka, with which Australia has no extradition treaty, Fairfax Media said.
NSW police wouldn’t comment on their investigation, telling media that “speculation may jeopardise current lines of inquiry”, nor confirm if they were investigating McGrath.
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