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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Former North Catholic teacher faces sentence after sexual abuse convictions in Australia
By Peter Smith / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A Roman Catholic brother who taught for years at North Catholic High School in Pittsburgh is facing sentencing in Australia after his recent convictions in Melbourne for sexual abuse there, according to an Australian news report.
Brother Hartman, now 75, faces a July 8 court date related to his sentencing, according to County Court records for the Australian state of Victoria.
He pleaded guilty recently in County Court in the Australian state of Victoria to four counts of indecent assault and was found guilty by the court of an additional count of indecent assault and two counts of common law assault, according to the Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly in Victoria.
A Victoria County Court judge on Tuesday lifted a suppression order that had previously forbidden the release of any information on the case by court officials or by Australian media, according to the newspaper. The lifting of the order came after the last of a series of trials involving Brother Hartman that began in April.
Brother Hartman, a member of the St. Louis-based Marianist Province of the United States, was convicted for actions during his time as a teacher at a Catholic high school in Victoria in the 1970s and 1980s, before and after his time in Pittsburgh.
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