MALAYSIA/AUSTRALIA
The Age
February 11, 2016
Nino Bucci
Crime reporter for The Age
Malaysian immigration officials have vowed to deport a paedophile priest who fled Melbourne last month despite being warned by the Archbishop it was against the conditions of his paid leave.
It was revealed on Tuesday that Father Peter Grasby, who the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne found had abused a boy aged as young as 10, had travelled to Kuching while on administrative leave, and had been using gay dating websites to seek the company of “younger Asian men”.
The archdiocese confirmed late Wednesday that they did not know Father Grasby had left the country until they had read The Age report.
Archbishop of Melbourne Denis Hart had explicitly told Father Grasby he was not to move overseas in August, 2013, a spokesman for the archdiocese said, and has written to him since the report directing his “immediate return”.
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