AUSTRALIA
ABC News
A defrocked Hunter Valley Catholic priest has been committed to stand trial for child sexual offences.
John Sidney Denham, 70, is accused of abusing several boys in the 1970s and 1980s at various locations, including at a Newcastle Catholic high school.
He did not show emotion as he faced Newcastle Local Court today via video link from Goulburn jail.
He has waived his right for a committal hearing and is yet to enter pleas.
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