A Catholic Brother is to face a court in Queensland

AUSTRALIA
Broken Rites

By a Broken Rites Australia researcher (article updated 4 November 2013)

A Catholic religious Brother is to face a committal hearing in a Queensland magistrates court, charged with sexual assault.

Police arrested the Brother in May 2013, placing him on bail pending the court proceedings. The case came up for a brief mention in court on 3 June 2013, and this was reported in the Cairns Post daily newspaper.

The case relates to one alleged incident. The alleged victim was not a student or a child.

The Brother, who occupies a senior position in a Catholic school in regional Queensland, indicated in court through his lawyer that he intends to contest the allegation.

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