Perth police charge former priest and scout leader with sex assaults

AUSTRALIA
WA Today

July 15, 2015 –

Emma Young
Journalist

Perth police have charged an 83-year-old former priest and scout leader with the sexual assault of three boys between 1954 and 1979.

WA Police spokeswoman Susan Usher said the alleged assaults against two ten-year-old boys and one 16-year-old occurred when the man was an Anglican Priest in Ravensthorpe and a scout leader in Wembley.

The state taskforce investigating historical child sexual abuse complaints has charged the Wembley Downs man with two counts of indecent treatment of a child under 14 and one count of committing indecent practices between males in a private place.

The man is due to re-appear at Perth Magistrates Court on August 27.

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