Extradited ex-priest Charles Barnett pleaded guilty to three child sex charges against him and not guilty to six others at the Adelaide Magistrates Court, news reports said. Mr Barnett, 68, who was arrested in Indonesia last year and later extradited home, admitted to three counts of indecent assault between 1977 and 1985 at Crystal Brook and Port Pirie, ABC News reported.
Defence counsel Stephen Ey said Mr Barnett would plead not guilty to the remaining six offences which included having unlawful sexual intercourse, an AAP report in The Age newspaper said.
Magistrate Alf Grasso remanded Barnett in custody to appear in the South Australian District Court on October 12.
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