86-year-old pedophile priest loses Australian court appeal
ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) An 86-year-old pedophile former Catholic priest came a step closer to deportation to Ireland when a court on Friday upheld a decision to strip him of his Australian citizenship.
Finian Egan has been fighting a five-year legal battle against former Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton’s decision to cancel his citizenship over the defrocked priest’s criminal record.
Egan initially won an appeal in 2016 in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, a court that reviews government decisions.
But the Federal Court overturned that decision and a second tribunal hearing last year upheld Dutton’s action.
Rod Mcguirk May 28, 2021 - 1:48 AM
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) â An 86-year-old pedophile former Catholic priest came a step closer to deportation to Ireland when a court on Friday upheld a decision to strip him of his Australian citizenship.
Finian Egan has been fighting a five-year legal battle against former Home Affairs Minister Peter Duttonâs decision to cancel his citizenship over the defrocked priestâs criminal record.
Egan initially won an appeal in 2016 in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, a court that reviews government decisions.
But the Federal Court overturned that decision and a second tribunal hearing last year upheld Duttonâs action.
The 86-year-old s back-and-forth citizenship battle began while serving time in prison for sexual assault against minors.
The Irish-born man was charged in 2012 with eight counts of historical sexual offences between 1961 and 1987, against three girls aged between 10 and 17.
He was found guilty by jury in the NSW District Court and sentenced to a maximum term of eight years, with a non-parole period of four years from December 2013.
Catholic priest Finian Egan (pictured) has failed a Federal Court appeal to retain his Australian citizenship
Peter Dutton was immigration and border protection minister when he made an application to revoke Egan s citizenship in 2016, but from jail the elderly man sought a successful review to set aside this decision.
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