Wentworth Falls Man, 70, Arrested over Alleged Child Sex Abuse Dating Back to 1970s

By Ian Walker
Courier Mail
July 3, 2013

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/wentworth-falls-man-70-arrested-over-alleged-child-sex-abuse-dating-back-to-1970s/story-fnii5s41-1226673474392

A FORMER member of the Catholic Church was arrested and charged over alleged historical sexual assaults dating back to the 1970s.

Police arrested the 70-year-old man in Wentworth Falls after receiving information relating to alleged child sexual assault offences committed during the 1970s and 1980s.

The man was former member of the Catholic Church police said.

He was taken to Springwood Police Station where he was charged with five counts of indecent assault on a male.

The man was given conditional bail and will appear in Penrith Local Court on the 29th of July.

Blacktown detectives established Strike Force Nemesis to investigate allegations of child sexual assault committed in Sydney’s western suburbs and the state’s south coast.