A 72-year-old man has been arrested over allegations of sexual abuse against seven victims in Victoria in the 1960s and 1970s.
The man, who has been living in Papua New Guinea, was arrested in Cairns by detectives from a Victorian task force dealing with sex abuse complaints against members of the clergy.
He is expected to be charged with 62 sexual assault offences against seven victims allegedly committed in Greensborough between 1968 and 1974, Victorian police said.
Police will apply on Friday for the man to be extradited from Cairns to Victoria.
He would then face the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday.
The arrest follows an investigation by the Sano task force which was established by police to investigate historic and new allegations arising from the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into child sex abuse.
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