Sixth teacher charged over sex abuse
Tuesday, May 05 2009 @ 12:25 PM BST
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Tag: australia A SIXTH man has appeared before the courts charged over sexual assault offences at a Catholic boarding school in central western NSW.
Kevin Phillips, now living at Mackay in Queensland, appeared before Magistrate William Brydon at Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday, facing charges including attempting homosexual intercourse by a teacher on a student, gross act of indecency, and supplying a prohibited drug.
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Phillips, 58, was a former member of the Vincentian community at St Stanislaus Catholic College at Bathurst.
He was arrested on Monday in Sydney by officers attached to strike force Belle, which is investigating allegations of sexual assault on students at St Stanislaus and All Saints, also at Bathurst, between 1960 and 1993.
He is sixth person from St Stanislaus to face such charges.
Phillips was granted conditional bail to reappear in court on June 23.
He entered no plea.
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