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Alleged victims of two
Catholic clergymen facing historic sexual-abuse charges are joining calls for
them to be extradited to Two St John of God
Order members, Brother Rodger Moloney, 71, and Father Raymond Garchow, 58,
have been fighting extradition from Last
week, an Australian Federal Court judge overturned an extradition order
against the men on the grounds they could not get a fair trial in New Crown solicitors in The Solicitor-General
will make a decision in the next few days. Any appeal has to be lodged by May
5. Moloney faces 28
charges of abusing 12 boys while he was a teacher and prior at Garchow faces four
charges relating to alleged events at the same residential school for
intellectually impaired boys. Alleged victims have
told The Weekend Press that the men should be forced to return and face
charges. "I think they
should face what has happened," said one. "The reason I came
forward is that I would hate it to happen to my children. I don't want it to
happen to anyone else." He said the church paying
the clergymen's legal bills so far made a "mockery" of the
situation. The order's
Australasian head, Brother Peter Burke, has ruled out paying the men's fees
beyond the Federal Court hearing. Another alleged victim
said the long delay in justice was an outrage. "It should never
have taken this long," he said. "It's sending the
wrong message to people. They (Moloney and Garchow) should be made to come
back to Another former brother,
Bernard McGrath, 58, was sentenced to five years jail this week for sexually
abusing boys at A jury found him guilty
this month on 21 counts of sexual offending against children from 1974 to
1977. Name suppression was
lifted for Moloney this week, but details of allegations against the
Australian pair that emerged during the McGrath trial remain suppressed. |
