RETIRED Maitland-Newcastle catholic priest Lewis Fenton has appeared in Newcastle local court as the second Australian Catholic priest charged with concealing the child sex crimes of another person.
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Mr Fenton, 81, did not enter a plea to a misprision of a felony - failing to disclose a serious crime - and one count of accessory before the fact before the fact related to events in the mid-1980s.
He was supported in court by a small group of people and did not make a statement outside the court.
The matter was adjourned until March.
CHARGED: Lew Fenton outside Newcastle Courthouse. Picture: Darren Pateman
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