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Miklos Bolza

Ex-priest accused of grooming 14yo boy faces court

Ex-priest Guy Norman Hartcher tried to hide his face behind a hat and face mask outside court. (Miklos Bolza/AAP PHOTOS)

An ex-priest allegedly caught trying to procure a 14-year-old boy for sex online in a police sting a week before Christmas left court wearing an Akubra-style hat and face mask.

Guy Norman Hartcher, a 78-year-old retired Vincentian priest, was arrested outside a South Asian minimart in Pendle Hill in western Sydney in late December after allegedly sending indecent material to a police officer posing as a teen.

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