NEW ZEALAND
Radio New Zealand
Former Catholic brother and convicted sex offender Bernard Kevin McGrath has appeared in Christchurch District Court on charges over a warrant for his extradition to Australia.
Mr McGrath has already served prison time in New Zealand and is facing 252 charges of sexual abuse laid in a court in Newcastle, New South Wales.
He was a St John of God brother when he abused boys in Christchurch, for which he spent two terms in prison, released most recently in 2008.
In October this year Australian police asked their New Zealand counterparts to help extradite him, but he left the country before the new charges could be laid.
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