AUSTRALIA
Daily Telegraph
BY SARAH MOTHERWELL AAP JUNE 09, 2015
A 71-YEAR-OLD man will fight allegations he sexually abused boys over three decades as a Salvation Army member, a West Australian court has heard.
WILLIAM Edwin Steele is accused of abusing boys aged between 11 and 18 from 1963 to 1989 when he was associated with several Perth churches.
Steele was a band member and assisted in organising trips during that time, police say.
It is also alleged Steele used a rented flat in South Perth where he encouraged the boys to engage in sexual behaviour with him.
Steele briefly appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court on Tuesday where his lawyer said he intended to fight the 10 charges.
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