New charges on former priest

AUSTRALIA
Sky News

NSW police have laid 13 additional charges against a former Catholic priest relating to alleged historical child assault offences.

They say that the 59-year-old man faced Armidale Local Court on charges relating to alleged child-sex offences against six boys and three girls in the 1970s and 1980s.

‘During his appearance, the man was additionally charged with 13 offences relating to alleged assaults against a boy, aged 12 to 14, between 1981 and 1984 in Moree,’ police said in a statement.

‘They include nine counts of sexual intercourse without consent and four counts of indecent assault.

‘In total, the man has been charged with 137 alleged child-sex offences and remains on strict conditional bail.

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