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One News
October 5 2006

Catholic brothers to be extradited

Two Catholic clergymen should be extradited to New Zealand to face child sex charges, the Australian Federal Court has ruled.

Rodger William Moloney and Raymond John Garchow are alleged to have committed sexual offences against young boys in New Zealand between 1971 and 1980.

A NSW local court magistrate last year ordered the extradition to New Zealand, but the pair successfully appealed against that decision in the Federal Court.

In April this year, Justice Rodney Madgwick accepted their arguments that, because of the length of time that had elapsed since the alleged offences, it would be unjust to surrender them to New Zealand.

But the full court of the Federal Court has overturned that decision, confirming the magistrate's extradition order.