AUSTRALIA/NEW GUINEA
Radio Australia

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An elderly Australian priest accused of sexually abusing boys in the 1960s has been rushed to hospital in Papua New Guinea, after a suspected drug overdose.

Priest accused of sexual abuse in PNG in suspected drug overdose (Credit: ABC)
It came just hours after Father Roger Mount was made aware of plans to deport him to Australia.

Roger Mount has previously denied the allegations of abuse but has also ignored a suspension from PNG’s Catholic church and has simply refused to leave his rural parish.

Neighbours and local church officials say two school-aged boys have been living with the elderly priest.