Sky News
August 15, 2009
http://www.skynews.com.au/national/article.aspx?id=362660
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The Catholic Church says it won't pay the legal cost of a Sydney priest it's suspended after he was charged with grooming a child for sex.
54 year old Robert MacGregor Fuller allegedly used a webcam to show himself masturbating during online chat sessions with a police officer who was posing as a 13-year-old girl.
The priest from All Saints church in Liverpool was arrested on Thursday in the car park of Parramatta pool where it's alleged he planned to meet the teenage girl for sex.
He was charged with grooming and procuring a child under the age of 16 and was allowed bail yesterday after appearing at Parramatta Local Court.
The Archdiocese of Sydney says as part of its policy priests accused of any criminal offence are responsible for their own legal costs.
Fuller is due to reappear in court on October 8.
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