A PRIEST accused of sexual violence while undertaking duties on the Central Coast will face court on Thrursday.
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Bankstown police began investigating in July this year after allegations two women, 45 and 22, had been sexually touched on multiple occasions by a man known to them.
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Those inquiries led detectives to arrest a 33-year-old man at a Mays Hill home on September 1.
He was charged with seven counts of aggravated sexually touch another person.
"Police will allege in court that the incidents occurred at a home in Bankstown and a church at Mangrove on the state's Central Coast, while the man was undertaking duties as a priest between August 2019 and February 2020," NSW Police said in a statement.
The 33-year-old was granted conditional bail.
He will face Bankstown Local Court.
Police said inquiries continue.
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