AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Elise Worthington
A retired Catholic priest is due to appear in court, south of Brisbane, charged with over 50 historical child-sex offences.
Detectives from the Child and Sexual Crimes Unit have charged the 77-year-old following an investigation that began last year into the alleged indecent treatment of children between 1977 and 1988.
Police say the offences were allegedly committed in the Brisbane, Logan and Gold Coast areas.
The man has been charged with 57 counts of indecent treatment of children and one count of common assault and is due to appear in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court today.
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