Police investigate former Parramatta priest for alleged assaults on alter boys

AUSTRALIA
Parramatta Sun

A former Catholic priest has been charged with 89 child sex and assault offences on three girls aged between five and 18.

The man who worked in the Armidale and Parramatta Diocese was arrested in October and charged with 25 child sex offences.

At Armidale Local Court on Wednesday, he was charged with an additional 64 child assault offences.

Police were investigating the former priest, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, for alleged assaults on altar boys while a priest at Parramatta and Armidale churches in the 70s and 80s.

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