AUSTRALIA
ninemsn
Saturday Sep 24 12:17 AEST
A former Catholic priest convicted of sexually assaulting an altar boy in his NSW parish has lost an appeal against his conviction.
James Fletcher, 64, of Branxton, was found guilty of nine charges over the sexual abuse of the teenager between 1989 and 1991.
Fletcher was convicted in December last year of the offences, which occurred in his NSW Hunter Valley parish.