NEW ZEALAND
TVNZ
Former Catholic brother and convicted sex offender Bernard Kevin McGrath has been granted bail while he considers his response to a bid to extradite him to Australia.
McGrath, 65, was remanded on bail for two weeks in Christchurch District Court this morning.
The former St John of God brother recently served two years in a New Zealand prison for sexually abusing boys.
He also spent time behind bars in the 1990s for similar offending.
McGrath had 252 fresh abuse charges laid against him in a Newcastle court on June 27.
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