18 December 2012

Alleged Canberra Pedo Priest nabbed by NSW Police

| johnboy
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The ABC has news that the suburb of Cook has had an unexpected visit:

Today detectives have announced another arrest, charging a retired priest with three counts of indecent assault allegedly committed against two victims while he was working at a Marist college in the Hunter Valley in the 1960s and 1970s.

Police say they charged the 80-year-old after travelling to his home at Cook in the ACT.

The man is on bail and due to face Newcastle Local Court at the end of January.

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