A Catholic priest has been charged with a slew of historical sexual abuse offences over alleged assaults of a young girl in the 1980s.
The 82-year-old man is accused of sexually and physically assaulting the nine-year-old at a regional mission in Western Australia 1986 and 1987.
He has been charged with 20 offences including 14 counts of indecent treatment of a child under 14 and two counts each of threatened to injure, unlawful assault and assault occasioning bodily harm.
He is scheduled to appear in Perth Magistrates Court on Monday.
