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A Sydney magistrate has
decided that two out of three Catholic clergymen facing historic sex abuse
charges will be brought before a New Zealand court. St John of God priests
Raymond Garchow and Brother Rodger Maloney will be extradited from New South
Wales. However an order to extradite Brother William Lebler has not been
granted. New Zealand police say they will decide whether to appeal the
outcome after viewing the full findings of the magistrate. Sixty four charges have
been laid against the men dating back as far as 1955. The
allegations relate to when the trio worked at Marylands a school for boys
with learning and intellectual disabilities in Christchurch. At the
extradition hearing in January last year a lawyer for the men said all were
very unwell and Garchow was terminally ill with throat cancer. |
