Priest charged with child sex abuse, by Jane Lee, Sydney Morning Herald (October 20, 2014)

A Catholic priest deported from Papua New Guinea has been remanded in custody over alleged child sex offences dating to the 1960s.

Roger Mount, 72, was last week deported to Australia from Papua New Guinea, where he was the priest of a remote parish. This is despite the Catholic Church apologising to and paying at least two people who alleged he had sexually abused them as children in the 1990s and the 2000s.

Legal documents show the St John of God order paid alleged victims more than $100,000.

Father Mount was charged with sex offences against seven different children in Queensland on Friday and later extradited to Victoria. He appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday.

He was charged with 40 counts of indecent assault, 14 counts of buggery, five counts of gross indecency and three counts of unlawful assault between 1968 and 1974 at Greensborough and Mount Eliza.

Father Mount's lawyer, Jacqui Hession, said it was the first time he had been in custody. Ms Hession said he was asthmatic and had chronic heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis and macular degeneration.

He did not apply for bail on Monday, but Ms Hession said he was likely to in future.

Father Mount has previously denied to Fairfax Media all allegations of impropriety towards children.

He will appear in court for a committal mention on 16 January.