AUSTRALIA
Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay Weekly
By GOYA DMYTRYSHCHAK Sept. 5, 2013
A Catholic brother accused of sexually abusing an Altona Meadows woman as a child has been charged with 14 counts of indecent assault.
Brother Bernard Hartman, 73, was arrested at Melbourne Airport after arriving from the US yesterday morning.
Taskforce Sano detectives allege the offences happened at schools in the western suburbs of Melbourne during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Mairead Ashcroft, 48, went to the church nearly 15 years ago alleging that Hartman had abused her from the ages of eight to 11.
The Marianist Brother was the Ashcroft family’s babysitter and also saw Ms Ashcroft during Saturday classes at St Paul’s College in Altona North.
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