SOUTH AFRICA
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Aarti J Narsee, Jerome Cornelius | 11 June, 2014
While the alleged victims of German Catholic Priest Georg Kerkhoff may never get closure, he will return home to face prosecution after his extradition application was granted
Yesterday, the Brits Magistrate’s Court halted all criminal proceedings against Kerkhoff in South Africa to make way for his extradition, following an agreement between the state and the defence.
The order was followed by an extradition application held in chambers on the defence’s request.
Kerkhoff, a priest at a Catholic church in Sundowner, Randburg, was facing charges of sexually abusing five boys, aged nine to 11, after he allegedly climbed into their tents wearing just boxer shorts during a First Holy Communion camp in February 2008.
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