Police Charge Former Goulburn Christian Brother

Goulburn Post
November 10, 2014

http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/2686552/police-charge-former-goulburn-christian-brother/?cs=181

Police have charged a former Catholic Christian Brother in relation to alleged historical indecent assaults upon a number of children in Sydney’s Northern Beaches and Goulburn.

Initial reports from NSW Police Media had incorrectly described the person charged as a former Catholic priest.

In May, investigators from Northern Beaches Local Area Command received information about alleged indecent assault matters involving five boys and commenced an investigation.

Officers will allege that the offences occurred between 1973 and 1976, at schools in Manly and Goulburn.

About 9am today (Monday 10 November 2014), officers attended a home in Cootamundra and arrested a 75-year-old man.

A search warrant was executed at the man’s home and a number of items were seized including documents and computers, which will now undergo further examination.

He was taken to Cootamundra Police Station and charged with nine counts of indecent assault of a male and one count of act of indecency.

The man was given conditional bail to appear at Cootamundra Local Court on Friday 5 December 2014.

Investigators encourage any victim of any indecent or sexual assault, no matter how long ago, to come forward.