AUSTRALIA
ABC News
There is shock at the arrest of a popular Catholic priest from the New South Wales Riverina, on a child sexual assault charge.
Father Neru Leuea, aged 49, of Narrandera was refused bail in Wagga Wagga Local Court on Thursday on a single charge of aggravated sexual assault of a girl aged under 16.
It is alleged that around 12 or 13 years ago he assaulted a girl who was then aged 10.
Father Neru spent seven years in Griffith and the city’s Mayor, John Dal Broi, said he knew the priest very well.
“I saw him every weekend when I went to church, an extremely popular priest here in Griffith,” he said.
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