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Former Catholic school teacher charged with historic child sex offences – Lismore
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Police have charged a former Catholic school teacher with 19 historic sex offences against children and adult teenagers in the 1970s and 1980s.
Officers from Richmond Local Area Command established Strike Force Golvo in April this year to investigate historic sexual abuse at a Catholic school in Lismore.
Today (Tuesday 16 September), detectives arrested an 81-year-old man at his home in Kingscliff.
The man was taken to Tweed Heads Police Station where he was been charged with nine counts of sexual assault against a child, three counts of sex assault, four counts of indecent assault, one count of detain for advantage and two counts of soliciting a male to commit an indecent act.
He has been granted conditional bail and will appear Lismore Local Court on October 20.
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