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Allegations
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The Federal Court in
Sydney has ruled that two Catholic clergymen, facing child sex allegations in
New Zealand, should not be extradited to face charges. Seventy-one-year-old
Brother Roger Maloney and 58-year-old Priest Raymond Garchow are facing
allegations dating back to the 1970s of abusing boys at the Marylands Special
School in Christchurch. Brother Maloney is
facing 28 charges, and four offences were being alleged against Fr Garchow. A Local Court
magistrate in Sydney last year ordered their extradition to New Zealand, but
the men asked the Federal Court to review that decision. Today, Justice Rodney
Madgwick ruled that the differences in the New Zealand and Australian legal
systems, and the length of time since the alleged crimes, would make it
difficult for the men to receive a fair trial. He
said despite the great seriousness and distressing quality of the
allegations, it would be unjust for the extradition to go ahead |
