AUSTRALIA
Wyndham Weekly
By Goya Dmytryshchak
A Catholic brother accused of sexually abusing two boys and two girls in the 1970s and ’80s in Melbourne’s west has been bailed until next March.
Brother Bernard Hartman, 73, has been charged with 14 counts of indecent assault. The charges relate to separate complaints from two men and two women, including Altona Meadows woman Mairead Ashcroft.
Taskforce Sano detectives allege the offences happened at a school and homes in the western suburbs of Melbourne between 1976 and 1982.
The Melbourne Magistrates Court last Thursday extended Hartman’s bail until a contested committal hearing on March 17.
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