AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
THOMAS CHAMBERLIN THE COURIER-MAIL AUGUST 19, 2013
A RETIRED Catholic priest facing more than 50 child sex abuse charges says he is still too ill to appear in court.
The Father, 77, who taught in southeast Queensland schools in the 1970s and 1980s, is accused of abusing girls and boys under the age of 16.
Detectives earlier this year charged the man with 57 counts of indecent treatment of children and one count of common assault relating to offences alleged to have taken place between 1977 and 1988.
The retired priest, who cannot be named, did not appear in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Monday and his lawyer Barry Ryan tendered a medical certificate to excuse his client’s appearance.
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