AUSTRALIA
The Maitland Mercury
02 Mar, 2012
A volunteer parish youth worker has been sentenced to 10 years jail with a non-paraole period of six years after being charged with a range of sexual offences in the Hunter during the 1970s and 80s.
James Michael Brown was sentenced at East Maitland District Court today.
He was found guilty of offences including homosexual intercourse with a male between 10 years and 18 years, indecent assault on a male, act of indecency, sexual assault, sexual intercourse without consent and buggery.
The Anglican Bishop of Newcastle, the Right Reverend Dr Brian Farran has expressed deep regret for the abuse perpetrated by Brown during his time as a parish youth worker.
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