AUSTRALIA
Australian Times
By Australian Times on 3 December, 2012
A FORMER Catholic brother and pedophile, facing 252 child sex charges in Australia, has been arrested after returning to New Zealand from Sri Lanka.
Bernard Kevin McGrath, a former St John of God brother appeared in Christchurch District Court on Monday over a warrant to extradite him to Australia to face charges laid in Newcastle in June.
The news was greeted with relief by the family of an alleged Australian victim who had feared McGrath would not return, Fairfax Media reports.
“It’s excellent news. This really is very good news and an enormous relief after all this time,” said the father of an alleged victim who reported sexual abuse allegations to police two years ago.
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