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Sam McKeith

Ex-teacher charged with abusing boy at school in 1980s

A former teacher will face court charged over the historical sexual abuse of a student. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

A former teacher will face court after being charged with indecently assaulting a schoolboy in Sydney's west in the early 1980s.

The 78-year-old man was extradited from Queensland on Thursday after he was arrested in Cairns the previous day.

Police allege he sexually abused the 13-year-old several times at a school in the suburb of Auburn in 1980 and 1981 while employed as a teacher at the facility.

He was charged with six counts of indecent assault on a male following a year-long investigation into alleged historical sexual abuse offences at the school.

The man was refused bail to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on Friday.

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