AUSTRALIA
Western Advocate
July 7, 2014
A FORMER priest and St Stanislaus’ College form master has been committed to stand trial in the District Court on 10 counts of indecently assaulting a male.
The matter involving Peter John Ryan, now 71, of Newington, was before magistrate Michael Allen in Bathurst Local Court.
Ryan appeared in court in person.
Ryan was charged earlier this year by officers attached to Strike Force Belle, which was established in 2008 to investigate allegations of a paedophile ring at St Stanislaus’ College and All Saints’ College in the 1970s and 1980s.
On Monday, Mr Allen committed Ryan for trial to the District Court, with the matter now listed for callover on August 13 at 9:30am before the District Court at Sydney’s Downing Centre.
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