Deported Australian priest faces 62 child abuse charges

AUSTRALIA
SBS

By Stefan Armbruster
17 OCT 2014

A 72-year-old priest deported from Papua New Guinea to Australia on Wednesday is expected to be charged with 62 historical sexual assault offences against seven victims.

A Cairns court this morning approved Roger Melville Mount’s extradition from Cairns to Victoria.

Detectives from Victoria historical child sexual abuse SANO Task Force have arrested the man.

The alleged incidents happened in the Melbourne suburb of Greensborough between 1968 and 1974, Victoria Police said in a press release.

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