Christian brother faces child sex charges

AUSTRALIA
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Genevieve Gannon – AAP on September 2, 2016

An elderly Christian brother who spent decades teaching in Victorian schools has been charged with 39 offences, including child sex abuse.

Robert Charles Best, 75, of Ararat, is alleged to have committed acts of indecent assault over a 20-year period, according to charge sheets filed with the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

Police allege Best committed 17 counts of indecent assault, one count of assault and one count of unlawful imprisonment between 1968 and 1973 in Ballarat.

He is also charged with committing an act of buggery with a child under the age of 14, as well as one count of assault and 15 counts of indecent assault in Box Hill between 1975 and 1982.

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