Hunter Police Strike Force Charges Another Priest

ABC News
December 19, 2012

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Hunter police strike force charges another priest.

A New South Wales police strike force dedicated to handling complaints from clergy abuse victims has made another arrest, this time in Canberra.

Strike Force Georgiana has dealt with scores of abuse victims since it was set up in the Hunter Valley several years ago.

A number of local priests have been jailed as a result of complaints, while at least a dozen victims are known to have committed suicide.

Today detectives have announced another arrest.

They have charged a retired Catholic 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 in Cook in the Australian Capital Territory.

The man is on bail and due to face Newcastle Local Court on January 29.