AUSTRALIA
Gippsland Times
By Breanna Chillingworth July 24, 2015
A defrocked priest charged with historic child sex abuse offences has had his bail revoked, after the DPP took a challenge to the Supreme Court.
The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, appeared in the Downing Centre District Court yesterday morning for a preliminary hearing into dozens of allegations of historic child sex offences – the first court appearance since he was ordered into custody on July 16.
The Leader can reveal the man had his bail revoked by Justice Lucy McCallum during a hearing spanning two days in the state’s Supreme Court last week.
Earlier this month, the Director of Public Prosecutions submitted an application to the court, challenging the man’s bail on several grounds before the bail determination was made, forcing him into custody.
The accused had been on bail for the charges since his arrest in 2012 by detectives attached to Strike Force Glenroe.
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