Ex-priests face 125 sex charges

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THREE former Catholic priests and brothers from St Stanislaus College are due to appear in Bathurst Local Court today on a total of 125 child sex offences.


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Brian Spillane, 65 John Gaven, 66 and Peter Dwyer, 65 were the school's chaplain, vice president and president during the 1980s.

Gaven made a successful application last week for the return of several items seized from his church-provided home at Marsfield.

Today will be the first time he has appeared to answer 28 child sex charges.

One of Spillane's alleged victims said he intends to make an application for a suppression order on his name to be lifted so he can put his face to his story.

Another alleged victim said he intended to travel to Bathurst to watch proceedings. All three men have protested their innocence through their lawyers.

The school has been at the centre of a police investigation and the target of a strike force for more than a year with 13 victims identified already and police still sifting through complaints.

Gaven and Dwyer, living at Catholic Church properties in Marsfield and Armidale, were arrested earlier this month, with Spillane arrested earlier this year.

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