SOUTH AFRICA
Mmegi
JOHANNESBURG: A German Catholic priest on trial for child abuse in South Africa could face extradition over 36 more counts of sexual offences against children in Germany.
The New Age reported that Georg Kerkhoff appeared in the Brits Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with the German offences, after Interpol arrested him at the same court last week.
Kerkoff’s lawyer Graham Kerr-Phillips said his client’s arrest on the German charges was “unnecessary and arbitrary”, according to the report.
A German newspaper reported earlier that Kerkhoff allegedly shared beds, saunas, and showers with young men and boys.
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