Former Tasmanian police officer extradited from Queensland to face historical sexual abuse charges in Hobart
A former Tasmanian police officer has been extradited from Queensland for alleged historical sexual abuse offences involving multiple victim-survivors.
The 84-year-old man will appear in Hobart Magistrates Court on Monday on charges of three counts of persistent sexual abuse of a child and three counts of indecent assault.
Police allege the abuse occurred between 1963 and 1982 at a time when the man held leadership positions within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tasmania.
Police say the man was also a Tasmania police officer between 1974 and 1977.
Tasmania police say the man was investigated through Taskforce Artemis, a specialist police team looking into child abuse allegations, set up after the Tasmanian Commission of Inquiry.
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