Father Barry Tunks charged with indecently assaulting a child in the 1970s

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated March 24 2017 - 10:45am, first published 10:06am
Priest charged after man alleges sexual abuse by four men
Priest charged after man alleges sexual abuse by four men

FORMER Maitland-Newcastle diocese Vicar General Barry Tunks has been charged with child sex offences after a man alleged he was sexually abused by two Catholic priests and another man in the Taree area in the late 1970s.

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