AUSTRALIA
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A former catholic priest who sexually abused at least two boys for three years while they attended a Bathurst high school has been charged.

The 71-year-old was on Thursday arrested at a western Sydney home and charged with ten counts of aggravated indecent assault on a male for allegedly sexually abusing two boys, both under 16, from 1974 to 1977, police said.

The abuse took place at a Bathurst high school.

Conditional bail was granted to the former priest, who’s due before Burwood Local Court on March 18.