CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA)
The Canberra Times
March 16, 2018
By Emily Baker
A 79-year-old man has been charged with child sex offences linked to incidents alleged to have happened while he was an employee of the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn almost three decades ago.
NSW Police will allege the man was performing an administrative role within the archdiocese when he met the 15-year-old alleged victim.
The offences are alleged to have occurred in 1989 during a work-related trip to Batemans Bay and Huskisson.
Police investigated the alleged incidents after receiving a referral from the archdiocese’s Institute for Professional Standards and Safeguarding last year.
The man was arrested in Brisbane on Tuesday and charged with five counts of gross indecency by male with male under 18 years.
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