AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Giselle Wakatama
A former Catholic school teacher and army sergeant has appeared in Newcastle court, after being charged with more than a dozen child sex offences.
Last month former St Pius maths teacher Edward (Ted) Hall was charged with 13 child sex offences, dating back to the 1980s.
Charge sheets tendered in Newcastle Local Court allege the abuse relates to four boys, all under 16.
The alleged abuse took place at the Adamstown school as well as at places in Merewether.
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