AUSTRALIA
Daily Mail
By Australian Associated Press
A Queensland priest charged with an historic sexual offence will appear in court in July.
Father Michael Joseph McKeaten withdrew from his duties earlier this month after notifying church authorities he had been charged over an alleged sexual offence believed to have occurred in the 1990s.
He was not required to appear at a hearing at Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday with the matter adjourned to July 3.
He is charged with one count of procuring a sexual act by false pretence.
A lawyer representing McKeaten declined to comment.
The priest was ordained 38 years ago and has served in parishes and schools across south-east Queensland, most recently at the Beaudesert parish – south of Brisbane.
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