Former youth worker charged with 68 child sex offences
Monday, August 09 2010 @ 04:06 PM BST
Views: 282
Tag: australia Newcastle's Anglican Diocese has again talked up its commitment to stop child sexual abuse in the wake of a former youth worker being charged with abusing several boys.
James Michael Brown, 60, is now facing 68 child sex offences after a further 28 charges were formally laid in Maitland Local Court yesterday.
Story Continues below
Police allege Brown abused eight boys in the Lower Hunter and Bathurst between 1974 and 1991.
He was employed by Newcastle's Anglican Diocese as a youth worker at the time and was also a member of the management committee at the St Alban's Childrens' Home at Aberdare, near Cessnock.
Brown's case was heard briefly in Maitland Local Court yesterday and adjourned to October.
In a statement, Newcastle's Anglican Diocese says it has invested significant resources and is strongly committed to addressing the issue of current and historical child sexual abuse cases.
Tag: newcastle
Tag: bathurst
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/20...ction=news
