AUSTRALIA
The West Australian
March 22, 2019
By Gabrielle Knowles, Nick Butterly and Rourke Walsh
A Catholic priest under investigation for the sexual abuse of a young girl is suspected to have taken his own life after being confronted by the child’s mother.
Popular and well-known parish priest Father Joseph Tran, pictured, who worked as a chaplain at several Catholic Perth schools, was found dead by police on Thursday.
WA Police confirmed to The Weekend West that it was the same day police had launched an investigation into an allegation of child sexual abuse by a priest from a southern suburbs Catholic Church.
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