Priest charged with concealing sex offence

AUSTRALIA
Adelaide Now

A RETIRED priest has been charged with concealing the child sex offences of another man in NSW dating back to the early 1980s.

The 81-year-old is also accused of being an accessory before the fact to the indecent assault of a nine-year-old boy.

Police allege the victim was molested at a premises in Nelson Bay, on the NSW north coast, and at a beach at Newcastle.

The offences allegedly occurred between 1982 and 1984.

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