AUSTRALIA
The Age
January 16, 2015
Mark Russell
A Catholic priest deported from Papua New Guinea who is accused of abusing seven children in Victoria more than 40 years ago has appeared briefly in court.
Father Roger ‘Gabriel’ Mount, 72, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday via videolink from Port Phillip prison where he has been held since his deportation and arrest in October.
The case was delayed for several minutes as prison staff had to wheel the elderly, frail and wheelchair-bound priest into the videolink room.
When magistrate Amanda Chambers asked if the grey-haired, bespectacled priest could see and hear her, Father Mount replied: “I can see you but I can’t hear very well.”
Ms Chambers said she would speak up so he could follow the proceedings.
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