AUSTRALIA
NCA NewsWire via Townsville Bulletin
February 19, 2021
By Erin Lyons
https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/breaking-news/former-priest-charged-over-alleged-child-sex-assault-of-boy-nine-in-bathurst/news-story/2a80edb2570c2751f76adb5ae2f4954b
A former priest has been arrested and charged, accused of sexually assaulting a nine-year-old boy at a high school in regional NSW.
In 2008 detectives started investigating reports of alleged sexual and indecent assaults of students at two high schools in Bathurst, between 1960 and 1993, under Strike Force Belle.
Last year strike force officers received a report relating to the alleged sexual assault of a nine-year-old boy in the mid 80s.
Following investigations an 85-year-old man was arrested at a home in Randwick on Thursday.
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