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	Catholic Priest Charged for Sexual Abuse By Dan Proudman The Herald February 5, 2009 http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/catholic-priest-charged-for-sexual-abuse/1425947.aspx A CATHOLIC priest was this morning charged with sexually abusing a boy while he worked at the Cessnock parish nearly 20 years. The priest, 47, is the fifth person to be charged by detectives from Strike Force Georgiana, set up to investigate sexual abuse within the Maitland-Newcastle diocese. The clergyman attended Maitland Police Station this morning before being charged with seven offences. They include five counts of sexually assaulting a child under 16 and two counts of indecently assaulting a child under 16. The offences are alleged to have occurred in the 1990s at Cessnock. The priest was bailed to appear in Newcastle Local Court on March 11. Strike Force Georgiana detectives have now arrested five people and laid 178 charges. Investigations are continuing.
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