London: A Briton accused of child sex offences while working as a Catholic priest in a London school appeared in court here Monday, after being sent back to the UK from Kosovo following a five-year police search.
Laurence Soper, 72, has been charged with nine offences including buggery and gross indecency against five alleged victims between 1971 and 1983.
He made a brief appearance at Ealing Magistrates' Court in west London at the start of the court process against him.
The offences are alleged to have taken place at a private Catholic school in London where Soper taught.
His arrest at Luton airport north of London on Sunday concluded a lengthy legal battle between Britain and Kosovo, where Soper had been arrested in May on a European warrant issued by Britain.
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