Published: 9:15AM Wednesday September 03, 2008
Source: AAP
An ex-priest has been charged with 60 additional child sex
offences stemming from an alleged paedophile ring at a Catholic
boy's school in Bathurst.
The 65-year-old was arrested and charged with the offences that
police allege took place at St Stanislaus' College from the late
1970s to the early 1980s.
News Limited reported that eight more former students had come
forward to tell their stories of being abused during those
years.
Police suspect dozens of boys may have been abused during alleged
hypnotic "prayer" sessions at the boarding school in central
western NSW.
The names of at least three former staffers of the college appeared
on a police search warrant when detectives arrived to the school in
July to search its archives.
The ex-priest was charged at Hurstville police station.
He was previously charged in May with 33 offences stemming from
evidence of alleged victims, and now faces a total of 93 charges
relating to at least 13 alleged victims.
He was released on bail on Tuesday and is due to appear at Bathurst
Local Court on September 15.
Currently, 615 boys attend St Stanislaus', of which 188 are
borders.
St Stanislaus' principal John Edwards said last week he first
became aware of the allegations several years ago and referred the
claims to police.
He said the allegations included claims of late night prayer and
chanting sessions in which boys were sexually abused.
Edwards said the school was served with a search warrant on July 3
which stated the names of three former staff members.
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