Retired Sydney priest charged over abuse scandal

AUSTRALIA
ABC Sydney

By police reporter Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop

Updated May 01, 2012

A retired Catholic priest at the centre of a child abuse scandal has been charged after turning himself in to police in Sydney’s north-west.

Father Finian Egan was helped out of his car by detectives as he arrived at Ryde Police Station with a lawyer at about 11:00am (AEST).

Two of his alleged victims hugged as the 77-year-old hobbled with a walking stick into the station.

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