AUSTRALIA
The Age
September 4, 2013
Rania Spooner
Court and crime reporter
An elderly American Catholic brother has been charged over child sex abuse allegedly committed almost 40 years ago in Melbourne.
The alleged offences occurred while Bernard Hartman was working at St Paul’s College in Altona between 1976 and 1982, and were committed against two male and two female victims aged between six and 16.
The 73-year-old brother has been charged with 14 counts of indecent assault.
Detectives from Taskforce Sano, which was created last year following the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into child sex abuse, arrested him on Wednesday.
Brother Hartman was the focus of allegations from Altona Meadows woman Mairead Ashcroft during evidence at the inquiry in November. Allegations were also made against him in 2003.
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