AUSTRALIA
Maribymong and Hobsons Bay Weekly
By Goya Dmytryshchak 22/04/2014
A Catholic brother charged with sexually abusing four children at Altona and Altona North is facing an allegation of abuse in the US, according to a US report.
Bernard Joseph Hartman, 74, has entered pleas of not guilty to 14 counts of indecent assault, two counts of gross indecency with a girl under 16, and two counts of assault.
Police allege the offences happened at St Paul’s College at Altona North and at Altona homes between 1976 and 1982.
According to the US report, an alleged victim contacted church officials after media coverage of the Australian case. Reverend Ronald Lengwin, of Pittsburgh, said the allegation had been turned over to the “appropriate legal authorities”.
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