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	Ex-Priest Sent Home to Face Abuse Case The Australian April 24, 2008 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23592020-2702,00.html JAKARTA: A former priest will be extradited from Indonesia to South Australia, where he is accused of sexual offences against six teenage boys. South Jakarta District Court today granted a request to extradite the 66-year-old. The man was taken into police custody at his Jakarta home in February, following a request from the Australian Government. Australian authorities want him returned to South Australia to face charges over alleged sexual offences against six young members of his congregation between 1977 and 1994. The boys were aged between 11 and 16 at the time of the alleged offences. The man is not facing any charges in Indonesia. Earlier this week the man urged the court to refuse the extradition on "humanitarian" grounds, as he would lose his Indonesian home if sent to Australia. He has lived in Indonesia since the mid 1990s helping Indonesian students wishing to study overseas.
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