AUSTRALIA
Daily Telegraph
LEMA SAMANDAR THE DAILY TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 24, 2014
A FORMER Catholic brother has been extradited from New Zealand after he was charged with 252 child sexual assault offences.
Bernard McGrath, 67, was extradited from New Zealand overnight and was taken to Mascot Police Station where he was charged.
He appeared briefly at Parramatta Local Court today.
He will spend Christmas behind bars and is expected to make a bail application during his next court appearance on January 29.
Strike Force Lozano, comprising detectives from Lake Macquarie Local Area Command, was formed to investigate allegations of multiple child sexual assault offences committed in the 1970s and 1980s at a school near Morisset.
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